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Departure of Commander Peary on Board the Steamer "Roosevelt"

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Stock #:297123
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
Publisher: Kwin & Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Peary's ship the "Roosevelt" and throng bidding him farewell at Oyster Bay. Showing throng bidding him farewell at Oyster Bay, July 1908. After repeated efforts by daring men and the sacrifice of hundreds of lives in the cause of science, Peary braved the dangers of the frozen north in his final dash over icebound waters and snow covered stretches of land in the Arctic region

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