Remarkable View of an iceberg formation, made near the South Pole by a Photographer Ponting, a member of Capt. Robert F. Scott’s Antarctic expedition of 1912. This picture, never published before in America, was found when attorneys went over the effects of the late Mr. Ponting. by International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)

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Scene in the Identity Bureau. Each of the little pigeon holes in the cabinet along the wall contains from fifteen to twenty records. Every record furnishes an absolute and indisputable proof of the identity of the man who made the imprint. There are more than 5,000,000 (5,000) records in the bureau.

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Remarkable View of an iceberg formation, made near the South Pole by a Photographer Ponting, a member of Capt. Robert F. Scott’s Antarctic expedition of 1912. This picture, never published before in America, was found when attorneys went over the effects of the late Mr. Ponting.

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