[Matthew Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, holding a portrait of Robert E. Peary taken during an expedition to the North Pole] / World-Telegram photo by Roger Higgins. – Vintage Wall Art
![[Matthew Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, holding a portrait of Robert E. Peary taken during an expedition to the North Pole] / World-Telegram photo by Roger Higgins., 1953 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ad/add51c5464be-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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This rare historic photograph captures [Matthew Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, holding a portrait of Robert E. Peary taken during an expedition to the North Pole] / World-Telegram photo by Roger Higgins. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Matthew Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, holding a portrait of Robert E. Peary taken during an expedition to the North Pole] / World-Telegram photo by Roger Higgins.
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Matthew Henson is shown here in a head-and-shoulders portrait, facing the camera and holding a picture of Robert E. Peary, the naval officer he served as a companion on Arctic expeditions. Henson was the African American explorer who traveled with Peary on the journeys that reached the North Pole in 1909, a claim that has been debated ever since. This 1953 print comes from the New York World-Telegram and Sun collection, made when Henson was in his late eighties and still drawing public attention for his role in polar exploration.
| Created / published | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1950-1960.Photographic prints 1950-1960. |
| Notes | NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Henson, Matthew Alexander,--1866-1955. Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin),--1856-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,652 × 3,749 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221001 |
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