Name/TitleVilhjalmur Stefansson, Lady Wilkins and Sir Hubert Wilkins, London, 1930
About this objectVilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. Lady Wilkins [nee Suzanne Bennett] (1893-1974) had worked on the vaudeville stage,. Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958), war correspondent and photographer, polar explorer, naturalist, geographer, climatologist and aviator.
Sir Hubert had carried out the first aerial explorations of the Antarctic in November 1928 and January 1929.
One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
Inscription and MarksText under image : "KNOWN IN AUSTRALIA. Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Australian explorer and aviator has been in London organ / ising his projected voyage to the North Pole by submarine. Left to right : Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the famous Arctic explorer, Lady Wilkins, who as Suzanne Bennett appeared on the Australian vaudeville stage and Sir Hubert Wilkins ..."
Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm approx
Period1930-1940
Object TypeGlass slide
Subject and Association KeywordsAntarctica
Subject and Association KeywordsExplorers and Exploration
Subject and Association KeywordsArctic
Medium and Materialsglass slide : b&w
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-OS-364
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