Item MM 117641 Lantern Slide - Two Explorers in a Motor Boat from Discovery II Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936

Summary

Lantern slide of two explorers in a motor boat from the Discovery II during the Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

Two explorers on board a motor boat belonging to the Discovery II. 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.