Admiral Peary’s CottageEagle Island, Casco Bay, Maineca. 1912
Admiral Robert Peary, the man widely recognized (but sometimes disputed) as being the first to discover the North Pole built his retirement cottage on Eagle Island in Maine in 1912. The rustic nature of the cottage is illustrated in this image of one of its bedrooms.
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