About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0310
  • TitleFrederick A. Cook
  • 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.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Cook, Frederick A