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Photo # NH 52007:  Memorial to those who perished during the Jeannette expedition, 1881

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1880s --

Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1881 --
People of the Expedition


This page features, and provides links to, views related to the Jeannette expedition's officers and men, and others involved in the expedition or efforts to relieve it.

For images of individual people involved in the Jeannette Expedition, see:

  • James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York "Herald" and expedition backer;
  • George Washington DeLong, Lieutenant Commander, USN, expedition commanding officer;
  • Charles W. Chipp, Lieutenant, USN, expedition second-in-command;
  • John W. Danenhower, Lieutenant, USN, expedition second officer;
  • George W. Melville, Chief Engineer, USN, expedition engineer;
  • James M. Ambler, Passed Assistant Surgeon, USN, expedition surgeon;
  • Raymond Lee Newcomb, expedition naturalist;
  • Jerome J. Collins, expedition meteorologist and newspaper correspondent;
  • William Dunbar, expedition ice pilot;
  • William F.C. Nindemann, Seaman, USN, member of the expedition;
  • Louis P. Noros, Seaman, USN, member of the expedition; and
  • George H. Wadleigh, Rear Admiral, USN. As a Lieutenant Commander, he commanded USS Alliance when she was sent to search for the missing Jeannette.

    For a textual overview and selected images concerning the entire Jeannette Expedition, and links to comprehensive coverage of our pictorial holdings on its other aspects, see:

  • Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1881.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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.

    Online Image: 131KB; 550 x 765 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 173KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 204KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     

    For images of individual people involved in the Jeannette Expedition, see:

  • James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York "Herald" and expedition backer;
  • George Washington DeLong, Lieutenant Commander, USN, expedition commanding officer;
  • Charles W. Chipp, Lieutenant, USN, expedition second-in-command;
  • John W. Danenhower, Lieutenant, USN, expedition second officer;
  • George W. Melville, Chief Engineer, USN, expedition engineer;
  • James M. Ambler, Passed Assistant Surgeon, USN, expedition surgeon;
  • Raymond Lee Newcomb, expedition naturalist;
  • Jerome J. Collins, expedition meteorologist and newspaper correspondent;
  • William Dunbar, expedition ice pilot;
  • William F.C. Nindemann, Seaman, USN, member of the expedition;
  • Louis P. Noros, Seaman, USN, member of the expedition; and
  • George H. Wadleigh, Rear Admiral, USN. As a Lieutenant Commander, he commanded USS Alliance when she was sent to search for the missing Jeannette.

    For a textual overview and selected images concerning the entire Jeannette Expedition, and links to comprehensive coverage of our pictorial holdings on its other aspects, see:

  • Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1881.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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