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Title
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Artist
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Medium & Support
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Creation Date
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Snow knife with serrated edge, used by MacMillan
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Robert Peary's fraternity pin from Delta Kappa Epsilon, Bowdoin College
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ca. 1875
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Camp site. Josephine Peary standing
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albumen print on paper
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1891-1892
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Brass dinner bell from S.S. Roosevelt
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brass on wood
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ca. 1908
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Enameled tin cup from S.S. Roosevelt, North Pole Expedition
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enamel on tin
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ca. 1908
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Microscope slide of Protoccus nivalis, or "red snow," collected at Cape York
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glass
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Aug. 1, 1908
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Thermometer in submersible case, to measure water temperature at depth
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glass on metal
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Souvenir ceramic mug of Robert E. Peary
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glazed ceramic
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Geographic Society of Chicago Gold Medal, presented to Donald MacMillan in 1949
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gold
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December 1949
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Siberian mukluks
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hide
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ca. 1865
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gold star medal, Persia's Learning of the First Order, to Peary
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metal
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1912
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Fragment of meteorite Ahnigito
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metal
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Grand Officer medal, French Legion of Honor, to Peary, framed
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metal on ribbon
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July 9, 1913
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Recording barometer in wooden case with inscribed plaque
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metal on wood
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ca. 1905
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Box, stereo view cards of Arctic Lands and Farthest North
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paper
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ca. 1900-1910
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Menu for Canadian Camp banquet honoring Peary
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paper
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March 5, 1910
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Menu card, Arctic Club Banquet honoring Dr. Cook
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paper
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Sept. 23, 1909
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Ad. Peary's Own Story in Hampton's Magazine
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paper
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1909
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Menu, Arctic Club banquet honoring Dr. Cook
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paper on ribbon
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Sept. 23, 1909
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Daguerreotype portrait of Charles Nutter Peary and Mary W. Peary
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photograph
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1850-1860
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Ambrotype portrait of a young boy [Robert E. Peary age 3]
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photograph
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1859
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Koo-lah-ting-wag with pipe [K'ulutánguak]
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photographic print on paper
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May 1916
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Commemorative figurine from DKE, showing Peary atop globe
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plaster
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Dec. 18, 1909
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MacMillan and Borup camp for tidal observations
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silver gelatin on nitrocellulose
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1908 - 1909
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Alning-wa on the Erik [Arnanguaq]
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silver gelatin on nitrocellulose
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1908 - 1909
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