GUSN-319083
Reasons for purchasing the ranges are listed on the item verso. In the image Greely and his party look on as an Inuit greets them. A dead polar bear is on the ground. In the center of the image is a stove. A dog sled and Greely's ship are in the background. The illustration caption reads "Lieut. Greeley arrives at the North Pole."
advertising
business (commercial function)
appliances
stoves (heating equipment)
explorers
expeditions
handbills
1 handbill : color illustration ; 6 x 10 inches
EP003
Trade card albums collection
EP003.003.010
6 x 10 (HxW)(inches)
Anonymous donor 2002.
Taunton (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
George H. Walker & Co. (Lithographer)
handbills
Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935
Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884)
Kitchen appliances
Arctic regions
Discoveries in geography
Bears
Polar Bear
Inuit
Item
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