M0000976: Pages from a diary written during the search for the Scott Antartic team, on display
- Date:
- 06 August 1930
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/9/31
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Diary of search for the Scott Antartic team.
Description
Photograph of pages from a diary belonging to Aspley Cherry-Gerard (1886-1959) during his search for Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) during the Terra Nova Expedition (British Antarctic Expedition) 1910-1913. The diary pages are mounted on a display board with the caption "My Diary of the Search Party. A. C-G" and were exhibited by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The item was part of a polar exhibition held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's central hall in July 1930.
Publication/Creation
06 August 1930
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request