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The five flags at the Pole – Vintage Wall Art

The five flags at the Pole, [1909], c1910. — historic print
The five flags at the Pole, [1909], c1910.. Historic print from the Alaska collection.

(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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This historic print of The five flags at the Pole brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The five flags at the Pole

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Five flags stand in the snow at the top of the world, and the print's title makes the subject plain: a claim planted on the North Pole itself. The image is a color halftone copyrighted by the Frederick A. Stokes Company, a New York publisher that issued popular books on polar exploration around 1910. Those years were the height of the race to reach the Pole, when Robert Peary's April 1909 claim and Frederick Cook's competing claim of 1908 drew intense public attention. Flags were central to these expeditions, serving as proof of arrival and as statements of national ambition, so a picture built around them captures the drama of that era.

Created / published[1909], c1910.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenreHalftone photomechanical prints Color 1900-1910.
NotesK14591 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
SubjectsSnow--North Pole--1900-1910. Expeditions & surveys--North Pole--1900-1910. Explorers--North Pole--1900-1910. Flags--North Pole--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,816 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222356

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