Dr. Cook Artifacts 8: Souvenirs of the Arctic Club Dinner, September 23, 1909.
September 3, 2024
In the wake of his triumphal return to New York, and despite Peary’s charges that Cook’s prior claim to the North Pole was a “gold brick,” the Arctic Club of America decided on a gala dinner in his honor to be held on September 23 at the Waldorf-Astoria. A grand assembly of 1,185 guests [...]