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ItemID: #109019
Cost: $600.00

Photograph - Signed

Edmund Hillary

SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY

(HILLARY, Edmund). Photograph signed. No place,1953. One sheet, measures 8 inches by 10 inches. $600.

Black-and-white photographic of one of Hillary's camps on Mount Everest from his historic 1953 ascent, boldly signed by him.

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary, with Tenzing Norgay, established his reputation as the first to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Although he ascended Everest only once after the initial summit, Hillary had a profound influence on the Everest area, returning each year to work among the Sherpa people.

Fine condition.

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