[Matthew Alexander Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing fur hat and fur coat] – Vintage Photo Print
![[Matthew Alexander Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing fur hat and fur coat], c1910. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3e/3ed00151c7d1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Matthew Alexander Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing fur hat and fur coat] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Matthew Alexander Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing fur hat and fur coat]
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Dressed in a fur hat and heavy fur coat, Matthew Alexander Henson faces the camera in this head-and-shoulders portrait made around 1910, the year after he reached the North Pole with Robert E. Peary in 1909. Henson, born in 1866, spent years in the Arctic as Peary's companion and assistant, and his skill with dog teams and his working knowledge of Inuit languages were essential to the expeditions. The clothing reflects the polar gear of the period, and the print was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, which helped put images of an explorer whose contributions were long overlooked into wider circulation.
| Created / published | c1910. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910.Photographic prints 1910. |
| Notes | J137917 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Henson, Matthew Alexander,--1866-1955. Clothing & dress--1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,761 × 4,682 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220998 |
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