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1935 photo ADOLPHUS GREELY death Arctic Polar Exploration Farthest North Pole

$ 10.55

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Subject: Polar exploration
  • Event: death at 91
  • Subject 2: Arctic Exploration
  • Nationality: American
  • Year photo taken: 1935
  • Region: Arctic
  • Goal: North Pole
  • Collection: Henry Woodhouse Archive
  • Condition: 1930 Associated Press (AP) photo upon the death of Adolphus Greely, polar explorer to reach "farthest north" for a European in 1882. He was 91 years old.
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • About: Pioneer aviation
  • Country: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Person: Adolphus Greely
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Topic: Early Aviation
  • Type: Photographs
  • Modified Item: No
  • Aeroplane: Biplane
  • Branch of service: Army
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Photo dimensions: 5 x 7
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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    1930 Associated Press (AP) photo upon the death of
    Adolphus Greely
    , polar explorer to reach "farthest north" for a European in 1882. He was 91 years old.
    Greely was a veteran of the American Civil War.
    Greely and his team amassed a wealth of scientific information that is still being used today by researchers.
    This photo is not from the Woodhouse archive, unlike my other photos.
    This is an original photo from 1935. When a famous person died, the Associated Press (AP), would take a recent photo (recent in 1935) and enlarge the portion of the photo showing the person's face. It would show at the bottom of the photo that it was an Associated Press photo.
    This is from a newspaper archive that handled International Newsreel and Associated Press photos for later use by the newspapers.
    In a much later decade, probably the 1980's, the photo received the blue "RRW 95863" marking on the reverse. The writing, "Adolphus W. Greely Explorer 1935" was probably also written in the 1980's by the newspaper archive.
    PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AMUNDSEN, ELLSWORTH AND BYRD PHOTOS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.
    Photo measures approx.: 5" X 10"
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    Provenance: (
    This photo is from a news archive handling old International Newsreel and AP photos
    ). A few years ago, Company Store Antiques was fortunate to obtain a significant portion of the
    Henry Woodhouse Archive
    . Henry Woodhouse was a significant figure in early aviation and helped to found the Aero Club of America; he was an early advocate for the use of the aeroplane and was the publisher of such 1910's magazines as
    Flying
    and
    Aerial Age
    . We will be listing over one thousand original early aviation photos, early century press photos, negatives and documents over the next few months.
    ALL ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL FROM THE WOODHOUSE COLLECTION!
    This photo is from a news archive handling old International Newsreel and AP photos
    We will try to list at least 3 items per day. We are selling this portion of our collection to support our research and writing for a forthcoming book on early aviation in New England.
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    We are established researchers in early aviation and are excited to share this archive with other enthusiastic collectors and archivists!
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