GUSN-325998
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." The stoves can be purchased at Alex H. Revell & Co., corner Randolph & Fifth Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
advertising
business (commercial function)
appliances
stoves (heating equipment)
explorers
expeditions
handbills
1 handbill : color illustration ; 6 x 10 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.006.03.04.028
6 x 10 (HxW)(inches)
Purchase 1998.
Taunton (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Geo. 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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