Image: Last survivor of Greely Arctic Expedition honored on 80th birthday. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. Brig. Gen. David L. Brainard, U.S.A. Retired, was singally honored today on the occasion of his LCCN2016871008

Description: Title: Last survivor of Greely Arctic Expedition honored on 80th birthday. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. Brig. Gen. David L. Brainard, U.S.A. Retired, was singally honored today on the occasion of his 80th birthday. At a ceremony at the Army and Navy Club the famous explorer was presented with a scroll making him the first honorary member of the American Polar Society. Mrs. Marie Ahnighito Peary Stafford, daughter of the late Robert E. Peary, is shown making the presentation while Russel J. Walreth, Vice President of the American Polar Society, looks on Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
Title: Last survivor of Greely Arctic Expedition honored on 80th birthday. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. Brig. Gen. David L. Brainard, U.S.A. Retired, was singally honored today on the occasion of his LCCN2016871008
Credit: Library of Congress Catalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2016871008 Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/hec/21800/21877v.jpg Original url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016871008/
Author: Harris & Ewing, photographer
Permission: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID hec.21877. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No