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Zerelia negatives (Half Plate) and Thessaly prints, Undated, 1909?-1911?

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/3/23

Scope and Contents

8 photographs of views of landscape, coastline, ancient fortification walls, a town (Volos?), and a cheerful man with a dead cockerel, all of which pertain to Thessaly in general. 5 half plate negatives of archaeological excavation, including cist graves and an assembly of axes, which pertain specifically to Zerelia, Thessaly.
AJBW wrote a title in pencil on the back for 6 of the prints, if he doubted his attribution of place, he included a question mark to denote his uncertainty.
Originally stored in a white envelope entitled in black ink by E. B. W. French, ''Marked Zerelia negatives (HP) and Thessaly prints, Secondary packing', i.e. Dr French has copied the details over from an original envelope thus titled by AJBW.

Dates

  • Creation: Undated, 1909?-1911?

Creator

Extent

13 item(s) (8 positive prints, 5 negative prints, 1 envelope) : photographic, paper

Custodial History

Former reference 'Wace Archive 039', Cambridge Transfer, Box 13

Physical Description

Gelatin silver contact prints
8 positive contact prints,10.2 x 6 cm
5 half plate negative prints, 12.5 x 17 cm
1 white paper envlope, annotated by EBWF in black ink

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository

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