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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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