PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTS MEDAL TO EXPLORER LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTING TO LINCOLN ELLSWORTH, AMERICAN EXPLORER, A GOLD CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL AWARDED IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ANTARCTIC FLIGHT OF 1935 DURING WHICH HE CLAIMED 350,000 SQUARE MILES IN ANTARCTICA FOR THE UNITED STATES. MRS. ELLSWORTH IS ALSO SHOWN IN THE PICTURE
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A group of men in tuxedos shaking hands.
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1937
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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