Item MM 114716 Lantern Slide - Discovery II and RAAF Search Party, 'Little America', Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936

Summary

Lantern slide of the combined Discovery II and RAAF personnel search party during the Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

Four members of the Discovery II and RAAF search party at 'Little America' on the Ross Ice Barrier. 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.