About This Item
- TitleFrederick A. Cook
- Call NumberPORT_0310
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "After years of misfortune, Dr. Frederic[k] A. Cook, again seeking recognition of his claim to discovery of the North Pole, will return to Brooklyln within a few weeks. Dr. Cook uses a globe to point out geographical data on which his Polar claim is based."
- Date1936
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
- NoteCropped and retouched. Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 25/36. Title from caption on verso.
- SubjectCook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940 ; Explorers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Globes
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.