Pair of Dunham snowshoes used by Donald MacMillan
United States transportation
1905-191549 x 12 x 3 in. (124 x 30 x 8 cm)
Mellie Dunham (Norway, Maine, 7/29/1853 - 9/27/1931, Norway, Maine) Primary
Object Type:
transportation
Creation Places:
North America, United States, Maine
Medium and Support:
rawhide on wood
Credit Line:
Probably from Donald and Miriam MacMillan, 1966
Accession Number:
1000.83.a&b
Stamped "A.M. DUNHAM / NORWAY, MAINE" [Mellie Dunham]. Miriam MacMillan marked these "Mac's North Pole snowshoes," and they match the shoes ordered by Peary for the North Pole expedition of 1908-1909.
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This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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