Commander Richard E. Byrd looking at the dog he is holding

DN-0087597

Title: Commander Richard E. Byrd looking at the dog he is holding Description: Informal three-quarter length portrait of Commander Richard E. Byrd looking down at a dog that he is holding, standing in front of a passenger train car in a railroad station in Chicago, Illinois. A man wearing a suit is standing to Byrd's right, and a man wearing a man wearing a uniform is standing to Byrd's left. Byrd made the first flight over the North Pole with Floyd Bennett on May 9, 1926. Date Depicted: 1929 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Extent: 4 x 5 in. Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: DN-0087597, Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Acquisition Source: Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc. Collection Type: Prints & Photographs - Chicago Daily News Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum CHM Catalog ID: 133671 Max Pixels - Width: 491 Max Pixels - Height: 396 Help improve this content