Photo #: NH 92110
Raymond Lee Newcomb
Vignette engraving copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette
...", Volume I, page 69, edited by Emma DeLong, published
in 1884.
Mr. Newcomb served as naturalist during the Jeannette
Arctic exploring expedition of 1879-1881.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52007
USS Jeannette (1879-1881)
Composite photograph of the ship, and the officers of her Arctic
expedition. Those shown are (clockwise from top center):
Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN, Commanding Officer;
Passed Assistant Surgeon James M. Ambler, USN;
Chief Engineer George W. Melville, USN;
Raymond Lee Newcomb, Naturalist and Astronomer;
William Dunbar, Pilot;
Jerome J. Collins, Correspondent for the "New York Herald";
Lieutenant John W. Danenhower, USN, Second Officer; and
Lieutenant Charles W. Chipp, USN, Executive Officer.
Donation of Captain T.S. Wilkinson, USN, 1934.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52006
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Engraving of the expedition's survivors, based on a photograph
taken at Yakutsk, Siberia, in 1882. Those present are
(left to right, in front): Lauderback, Bartlett, William
Coles, Seaman William F.C. Nindemann, and Mansen.
(left to right, in middle): Chief Engineer George W. Melville
and Lieutenant John W. Danenhower.
(left to right, in back): Raymond Lee Newcomb (naturalist),
Seaman Louis P. Noros, Henry Wilson, Tong Sing (cook), Anequin
and H.W. Leach.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52005
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Engraving some of the expedition's survivors, probably based
on a photograph taken at Yakutsk, Siberia, in 1882. Those present
are
(left to right, in front): H.W. Leach, Henry Wilson and
William Coles.
(left to right, in back): Tong Sing (cook), Lieutenant
John W. Danenhower and Raymond Lee Newcomb (Naturalist).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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