About the John Pendlebury Family Papers
The John Pendlebury Family Papers cover the period from 1913 to 1964 and document the life of archaeologist and WWII hero John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury, his wife Hilda and their family.
The photograph was taken by a photographic studio in Athens.
Inscribed on the reverse in Greek [To the memory of a great man and friend of Greece], probably after the memorial service to John Pendlebury held in Iráklion on 2 Mar 1947.
Inscribed on the reverse in Greek. Photograph made by N. Lambrinides, Candie [Iráklion, Crete].
One of the girls could be Joan Pendlebury.
The negative seems to have been printed twice.
[Taken in West Kirby, whilst staying at Caldy with Hilda’s family].
Photograph of an older couple [grandparents], 2 women and 2 men, a baby and a young girl. The [grandparents] are the same couple who are in PEN 7/1/3/7. One of the children could be Hilda Pendlebury, née White.
In a metal oval frame, which is in a velvet and leather frame.
The photograph has been folded to fit in the frame.
Unknown location [in Greece]. A chandelier is visible, still hanging inside.