Picture No | 11077634 |
Date | 1909 |
Description | Annie Peck masked and dressed for climbing |
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Annie Smith Peck (October 19, 1850 – July 18, 1935), American mountaineer pictured in her climbing outfit at the time she had scaled Mount Huascan. She lectured extensively for many years throughout the United States, and wrote four books encouraging travel and exploration.
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Source | Photograph of Miss Peck by G. G. Bain, photograph of background by Alfred Holmes, in The Sketch, 17 November 1909 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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