Item MM 114705 Lantern Slide - Two RAAF Party Members Binding a Snow Sledge, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936

Summary

Lantern slide of two RAAF Party members binding a snow sledge, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

RAAF Personnel Flight Lieutenant Douglas right and Sergeant Cottee left, binding a sledge. This sledge was loaned by Sir Douglas Mawson. 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.