Floyd Bennett Holding Dog
by Bettmann
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Floyd Bennett Holding Dog
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) No celebrity ever received a colder reception than that which greeted Lt. Com. Byrd and his pilot Floyd Bennett on their arrival in the Thames, Thursday night, May 27th. They arrived aboard the U.S. Shipping Board vessel the Chantier direct from Spitzbergen from where they made their flight to and from the Pole. As the Chantier arrived at Gravesend, the London quarantine depot, a single medical officer went aboard, had a few words with the ships' doctor and then went ashore. No one went aboard to offer congratulations or hospitality. On the ships arrival at the London Docks it was boarded by naval officials from the U.S. Embassy in London, but no one else save two reporters and three photographers. The apparent reason for this is that the London press has from the first minimused Byrd's flight and continued to take the most skeptical view of his exploit. Ther
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May 18th, 2020
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