Item MM 114711 Lantern Slide - An Antarctic Island of the Balleny Group, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1936

Summary

Lantern slide of an Antarctic Island.

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

Description of Content

Antarctic Island of the Balleny Group, possibly Young Island. 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.