Summary

Lantern slide of two officers of the ship Discovery II, Lieutenant Leonard Hill and Porteous [christian name unknown].

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

Description of Content

Lieutenant Leonard Hill, Captain of the Discovery II [at right] with Ship's Engineer Andrew Nicol Porteous. 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.

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