The Greely expedition Product:Greetings card American-born British world speed record

American-born British world speed record driver

lower left '1834'

Guards on parade outside the royal residence

The two women are wearing high waisted dresses with fitted coats over the top

and living on the proceeds of the thrift of the working classes

The Greely expedition Product:Greetings card American-born British world speed recordThe Greely expedition, 1893. The purpose of the Greely expedition was to establish one of a chain of meteorological observation stations as part of the (first) International Polar Year. The expedition also was commissioned by the US government to collect astronomical and polar magnetic data. Stereoscopic card. Detail.