1882 Steel Engraving Dog Sledging Sledding Siberian Coast Arctic Explorers XGW9 XAK8 Wamsutta Mills

Wamsutta Mills

This is an original 1889 black and white in-text wood engraving of "A Marble Lion" with later runic inscription

and a 1931 Buick Eight Sedan owned by Mr

165 Duane Street New York

"At the Opera"

1882 Steel Engraving Dog Sledging Sledding Siberian Coast Arctic Explorers XGW9 XAK8 Wamsutta MillsThis is an original 1882 steel engraving of "Sledging on the Siberian Coast." The Jeannette Arctic Expedition, commanded by Lieutenant George W. DeLong of the United States Navy, departed San Francisco on 8 July 1879. Originally projected by James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor of the New York Herald, the expedition was an attempt to reach the North Pole by way of the Bering Strait. Prior to the voyage, however, the Secretary of Navy added the task of