Shackleton Expedition, 1907-1909 album 5

Date
1908
By
Cotton, Leo Arthur, 1883-1963
Reference
PA1-q-220
Description

Album of stereoscopes, probably chiefly taken by L A Cotton, en route to Antarctica on the Nimrod with Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition, with a number showing the arrival and unloading of stores, equipment and ponies.

The first views show HMS Powerful "dressed in honour of departure of "Nimrod". Jan. 1st 1908". These are followed by views of the ship Koonya towing Nimrod in heavy seas.

Inscriptions: Album page - "Shackleton's Expedition to the Ross Sea 1907-9" (Inside front cover)

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with mid-blue cover, entitled "Camera gems", with "Shackleton's Expedition, 1907-09, Vol. 5" lettered in ink in top right-hand corner; 30.5 x 22.5 cm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Part of
Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Stereographs, Album with mid-blue cover, entitled "Camera gems", with "Shackleton's Expedition, 1907-09, Vol. 5" lettered in ink in top right-hand corner; 30.5 x 22.5 cm
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