Description:
Union Club dinner menu titled "In Honor of Captain Roald Amundsen"Signed by Roald Amundsen, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Robert Peary on January 15, 1913.
Menu printed on stiff card stock, translucent stains (likely wine or coffee) with original nautical polar scene with watercolors (signed by the artist) in upper right; No chips, tears or folds; debossed bright gilt logo "Stand Fast" in the upper left; all menu lettering in bright gilt. Card dimensions: 5-1/2"w x 8-1/2"ht (32cm x 39.7cm), gilt frame dimensions: 12-5/8"w x 15-5/8"ht (13.8cm x 21.4cm). Signatures of the three explorers in graphite. In Near Fine Condition. Very Rare.
On January 15th, 1913, the Union Club in Philadelphia held a dinner in honor of Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who led the expedition that conquered the South Pole by achieving that goal along with four expedition members on December 14, 1911.
Also at this event were Admiral Robert E. Peary, the American explorer who led the expedition and who claimed to first… Read More
