Item MM 114712 Lantern Slide - Gipsy Moth Seaplane A7-55 On Board Discovery II, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936

Summary

Lantern slide of Gipsy Moth seaplane A7-55 on the ship Discovery II, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

Gipsy Moth seaplane A7-55 is ready with its engine running. It is sitting on the Discovery II waiting for a patch of open water. 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.