Item MM 117628 Lantern Slide - Ellsworth & Hollick-Kenyon on the Discovery II, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, 1935-1936, Antarctica, 20 Jan 1936

Summary

Lantern slide of Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon aboard the Discovery II after they were found at Little America, Bay of Whales, Antarctica.

One of 328 images in various formats including artworks, photographs, glass negatives and lantern slides.

Description of Content

Lincoln Ellsworth at the left and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon right, on deck of the Discovery II in the Bay of Whales, Ross Sea. Photograph taken during the Ellsworth Relief Expedition, 1935-1936.

Physical Description

Standard format lantern slide, consisting of two glass sheets each 3.25 x 3.25 ins (83 x 83mm), one pane bearing a positive transparent image and the other pane protecting the image. Sealed with paper binding strips around the four edges of the lantern slide and internally framed with a black cut-out window mask.