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Landing The Gjoa Jul 5, 1909

Huge crowd on Ocean Beach as Gjoa arrives. Roald Amundsen's Gjoa was the first ship through the northwest passage in 1906. Donated to San Francisco, she was displayed at the west end of Golden Gate Park from 1909 to 1972, when she was returned to Norway. [Manning Collection ] [SC30 ]
Photographer Unknown (Agnes Manning Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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