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- U.S. Life Saving Station, Charlevoix, Michigan, 1908 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
U.S. Life Saving Station, Charlevoix, Michigan, 1908
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Richard E. Byrd in a Lifeboat, 1927 - Richard Byrd, Bernt Balchen, Bert Acosta, and George Noville made a nonstop flight from New York to France in 1927 with their Fokker Tri-Motor <em>America</em>. They intended to land in Paris, but poor weather there forced them to land in shallow water off the Normandy coast. For this photo, Byrd recreated his arrival to France in a rubber lifeboat.
- 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Richard E. Byrd in a Lifeboat, 1927
Richard Byrd, Bernt Balchen, Bert Acosta, and George Noville made a nonstop flight from New York to France in 1927 with their Fokker Tri-Motor America. They intended to land in Paris, but poor weather there forced them to land in shallow water off the Normandy coast. For this photo, Byrd recreated his arrival to France in a rubber lifeboat.
- Richard E. Byrd Testing a New Type of Lifeboat to be Used on His Polar Expedition, April 1925 - Explorer and U.S. Navy aviator Richard E. Byrd led an expedition to the Arctic in 1926, highlighted by a flight toward the North Pole on May 9. His trek was well equipped and well funded. Byrd received financial support from business leaders and philanthropists like Vincent Astor, Edsel Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
- April 01, 1925
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Richard E. Byrd Testing a New Type of Lifeboat to be Used on His Polar Expedition, April 1925
Explorer and U.S. Navy aviator Richard E. Byrd led an expedition to the Arctic in 1926, highlighted by a flight toward the North Pole on May 9. His trek was well equipped and well funded. Byrd received financial support from business leaders and philanthropists like Vincent Astor, Edsel Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.