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U.S.S. Polaris, equipped for arctic exploration
[graphic].
[1871, copied between 1890 and 1901]
1 negative :
glass ;
8 x 10 in.
Photo shows the Polaris prepping for the Charles Francis Hall expedition to the North Pole in 1871, from which she did not return, being crushed by ice in 1872. The original image, later copied by the Detroit Publishing Company, was taken at the Washington Navy Yard, where she was originally modified for the expedition before heading north (Source C. Seavey, 2017).
Caption on original print: "U.S. Steamer Polaris filled for a voyage to the Artic regions at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C."
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901).
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020101.
Photograph of a photo.
Gift;
State Historical Society of Colorado;
1949.
No known restrictions on publication.
Polaris (Ship)
Government vessels
American.
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Ships.
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Detroit Publishing Co.,
publisher.
Dry plate negatives.
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Photographic prints
Reproductions.
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Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection (Library of Congress)
(DLC) 93845504
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Prints and Photographs Division
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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