Negative Album [Greece, Edwardian tourism, Sites related to Classical Antiquity in Southern France and Italy], 1904 - 1905
Scope and Contents
42 negatives, none indexed by AJBW, of views in Italy, Greece, the archaeological cruise on SS Pelops and at the end of the album some Vlach images.
Currently a brief, educated guess has been made as to the identity of the images but more precise informaiton will be forthcoming once with comparisons have been made to images by AJBW available on the British School at Athens digital library of historic photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1904 - 1905
Creator
- From the Fonds: Wace, Alan John Bayard, 1879-1957 (archaeologist) (Person)
Extent
42 photographic print(s) : cellulose nitrate negatives
Custodial History
Former reference 'Wace Archive 029', Cambridge transfer, Box 13
Physical Description
Negative album, navy blue waxed cloth cover with press stud fastening to secure front flap, bound on short left edge. Cover embossed in gold print, 'Kodak Negative Album'. H. 8.7 x W. 15 cm. 100 glassine sleeves with numbers 1 to 100 printed sequentially in black ink.
3 leaves of printed index at the front, unfilled and left completely blank by AJBW.
Sleeves 30 to 42, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56 to 59, 62 to 67, 71, 73 to 100 were empty upon accession of album in the archives.
Processing Information
These 42 negatives were digitally photographed in May 2022 by Amélie M. F. Deblauwe of the Digital Photography Unit, University of Cambridge for upload to the Cambridge Digital Library.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository
Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DA United Kingdom
+441223 335193
archives@classics.cam.ac.uk