Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Date
Between 1914-1917
By
Hurley, James Francis, 1885-1962; Orde-Lees, Hisako Hoya, active 1932-1962; Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958
Reference
PA-Group-01014
Description

Collection includes:

Photographs, chiefly taken by Frank Hurley, but including some by Lees, during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Shows Sir Ernest Shackleton and party in Antarctica and Elephant Island, and after rescue by the Chilean Navy.

Photographs of of the Ford factory, Seaview Road, Lower Hutt, during the Second World War. Two photographs show the women workers in the cateteria; one photograph is of army trucks lined up in front of the factory; two photographs show two types of army trucks assembled at the factory.

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Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-20126 to 20161

Quantity: 35 b&w copy negative(s). 78 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Film copy negatives; Original photographic prints

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Antarctic journal (MS-Group-2416) - Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Papers-0405-01 : Journal..

Use/Reproduction
All reproductions, including those for personal use, of Frank Hurley images must be obtained from the Royal Geographical Society, London, England
Access restrictions
No access restrictions
Format
35 b&w copy negative(s), 78 b&w original photographic print(s), Negatives, Film copy negatives; Original photographic prints
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Photographs of the Ford factory at Gracefield.

Date: [1939-1945]

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8338

Description: Photographs of of the Ford factory, Seaview Road, Lower Hutt, during the Second World War. Two photographs show the women workers in the cateteria; one photograph is of army trucks lined up in front of the factory; two photographs show two types of army trucks assembled at the factory. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Ship Endurance heading into pack ice

Date: ca 1914

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-02

Description: View from the yardarm of the Endurance, showing the polar pack ice as the ship enters it for the first time, taken in 1914 by Frank Hurley. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Carbon print 15.8 x 21.2 cm

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Thomas Orde-Lees, and an unidentified man, alongside the parachute Guardian Angel

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-020063-F

Description: Thomas Orde-Lees (left), and an unidentified man, alongside the parachute `Guardian Angel', circa 1920. Location and photographer unknown. Note on back of file print reads "Lt Col T Orde Lees (left) standing by the `Guardian Angel' parachute, showing the various stages of packing." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Thomas Orde-Lees parachuting, from a Handley Page aeroplane at Hendon, London, England

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-020062-F

Description: Thomas Orde-Lees parachuting from a Handley Page aeroplane at Hendon, London, England, circa 1920. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Thomas Orde-Lees in the water at New York Bay, New York City, America, after demonstrat...

Date: 12 September 1919

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-020065-F

Description: Thomas Orde-Lees in the water at New York Bay, New York City, America, after demonstrating his parachute Guardian Angel, 12 September, 1919. He jumped from a flying boat from an altitude of 250 feet. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Thomas Orde-Lees and Sergeant Newall about to parachute from an observation balloon

Date: 1 July 1929

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-020064-F

Description: Thomas Orde-Lees and Sergeant Newall about to parachute from an observation balloon, 1 July, 1929. Location and photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Ship `Endurance' crushed by ice

Date: [ca Oct 1915]

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-008746-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Photograph of Shackleton's men on Elephant Island

Date: 1916

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-70

Description: Group photograph of the 22 men of Shackleton's British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition on Elephant Island. Photographed by James Francis Hurley in 1916. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Sir Ernest Shackleton's men marooned on Elephant Island near the South Pole. The top figure in this photo marked with X is the writer; Verso - centre left - Frank Wild sitting 2d left Shackleton and his men reached Elephant Island on the 15th of April 1916. They remained there for four months while Shackleton sailed to South Georgia in an open boat to get help and return to rescue them Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Emperor penguin and chick, Antarctica

Date: 1914-1917

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-23

Description: Emperor penguin and chick, photographed by James Hurley during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Inscriptions: Verso - top left - No 19a of penguin strip Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12 x 16 cm

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Some of Shackleton's men rescued from Elephant Island with unidentifed supporters

Date: 1917

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-63

Description: Some of the men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917 rescued from Elephant Island. Probably photographed by Frank Hurley, and probably taken in Punta Arenas, Chile, in the company of supporters Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print