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Bird's- eye view of the Advent carol service, 1959

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/KCPH/2/73

Scope and Contents

Christmas card from photographer John Bulmer (KC 1957) to Isitt (KC 1946), featuring a photograph by Bulmer taken during the Advent carol service. The photograph is a bird's-eye view of the east end of the chapel taken from the roofspace using a camera tied to a string lowered from a hole in the ceiling above the altar. The service is candle-lit; the only electric light is the organist's. Alec Vidler is seen on the left of the altar and Isitt on the right.

Dates

  • Creation: 1959

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical / Historical

Reverend Canon David Isitt was the Chaplain in 1959.

Extent

1 item(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by David Isitt in January 2009.

Originator(s)

Isitt, Rev. Canon David

Finding aid date

2009-01-22 15:48:16+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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