Scope and Contents The original 'Photo Exchange' lists for the Aegean archaeological cruises undertaken in 1903 and 1904 on the SS Pelops and SS Peneios respectively. Wace was Secretary to Professor Ernest Gardner, convenor and leader of the cruises, on each occasion. The purpose of such lists was to collate information on all the photographs taken by cruise participants and thereby enable fellow passengers to order copies of others' photographs. This practice ensured a full suite of visual souvenirs of...

Scope and Contents This large album was assembled by Wace scrapbook style, with a mixture of print size and print types (gelatin silver and cyanotypes) of the 'Pelops' Aegean cruise in 1903. It has a much more informal feel than the previous two albums of the same cruise, which carefully document the progress of the cruise and the archaeological sites visited in order of the original itinerary. This is more of a joyous riot of memories of an extremely happy time when Wace was 24 and very new to travelling...