USS,U.S.S. Steamer Polaris,equipped for arctic exploration

U.S.S. Polaris, equipped for arctic exploration
Title: U.S.S. Polaris, equipped for arctic exploration
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Detroit Publishing Co. , publisher
Date Created/Published: [1871, copied between 1890 and 1901]
Summary: 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).
Notes:
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.
Subjects:
Polaris (Ship)
Government vessels--American.
Ships.
Dry plate negatives.
Photographic prints--Reproductions.
Bookmark /2016806973/
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