Box 2
Contains 4 Results:
Framed original claim letter, 1939 January 11
Framed original "To whom it may concern" letter in which Lincoln Elsworth claims part of Antarctica for the United states in 1939. Dated on January 11.
Reproduction of Lincoln Ellsworth’s log of Transantarctic flight, circa 1950
Bound reproduction of Lincoln Ellsworth’s log of the Transantarctic flight. The original was dated from November 23 to December 5, 1935, and it was given to Gilbert Grosvnor, President of the National Geographic Society on April 27, 1936. The reproduction was Bound by George A. Simonds and Co. in Washington D.C. around the 1950s.
Act of the 74th Congress gold medal award to Lincoln Ellsworth, 1936 June 16
Act of the 74th Congress gold medal award to Lincoln Ellsworth for claiming part of Antarctica for the United States. It was approved and signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dated on June 16, 1936.
Corresponding object: Gold medal awarded to Lincoln Ellsworth by the 74th Congress of the United States
Certificate, numbered 3359, of the United States Department of State corresponding to the Act of the 74th Congress gold medal award to Lincoln Ellsworth , 1936 June 13
Certificate, numbered 3359, of the United State Department of State, accompanying a the Act of the 74th Congress gold medal award to Lincoln Ellsworth for claiming part of Antarctica for the United States.It was dated on June 13, 1936.
Corresponding object: Gold medal awarded to Lincoln Ellsworth by the 74th Congress of the United States.
