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The latest achievement in the annals of exploration, the discovery of the North Pole, adds another name to the long list of indomitable explorers who have braved the hardships of the Arctic Regions in the cause of Science. Dr. F. A. Cook (a name already famous in the history of discovery) is an American, and was born in Callicoon Depot, Sullivan County, New York, in 1865. He claims to have reached the North Pole on April 21st, 1908, and as the first to arrive at this goal his name must for ever stand high in the roll of Polar Exploration.
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DR. F. A. COOK THE FAMOUS ARCTIC EXPLORER
The latest achievement in the annals of exploration, the discovery of the North Pole, adds another name to the long list of indomitable explorers who have braved the hardships of the Arctic Regions in the cause of Science. Dr. F. A. Cook (a name already famous in the history of discovery) is an American, and was born in Callicoon Depot, Sullivan County, New York, in 1865. He claims to have reached the North Pole on April 21st, 1908, and as the first to arrive at this goal his name must for ever stand high in the roll of Polar Exploration.
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons (English, 1886–1960)
American
about 1908
Medium/Technique
Real photograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.9065
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN COPENHAGEN AFTER HIS RETURN FROM THE NORTH POLE. T1432
Back: divided. Used.
Raphael Tuck & Sons Real Photograph Post Card 1432
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Printed in England
Back: divided. Used.
Raphael Tuck & Sons Real Photograph Post Card 1432
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Printed in England
Marks
Canceled. Sent 1910 from/to Swaffham, England.
InscriptionsYes
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)