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.
Photograph of “Site of Frescos” at Tabgha [‘En Sheva‘], Sea of Galilee
[PEN/2/2/5/172], Photograph of “Site of Frescos” at Tabgha [‘En Sheva‘], Sea of Galilee, 10-11 Apr 1935
View includes 2 figures [one possibly Hilda Pendlebury or Eileen Heurtley].
Photograph of the train station at Athlit [ʻAtlit], Israel [was in Palestine]
[PEN/2/2/5/175], Photograph of the train station at Athlit [ʻAtlit], Israel [was in Palestine], Friday, April 12, 1935
[Taken from train], scene includes people waiting and standing on the tracks.
Photograph of “Dumping” at the excavation at Khafaje [Khafajah], Iraq
[PEN/2/2/5/24], Photograph of “Dumping” at the excavation at Khafaje [Khafajah], Iraq, [9-13] Feb 1933
View over excavation to workers walking along ridge on the horizon.
Photograph of “The Village”, Belad Ruz [Balad Ruz/ Kan'an], Iraq
[PEN/2/2/5/26], Photograph of “The Village”, Belad Ruz [Balad Ruz/ Kan'an], Iraq, Monday, February 13, 1933
View of river, trees and walls and buildings next to river. Also a woman and children in the distance.
Photograph of 2 men, dressed in safari clothes and pulling on a rope, captioned “W. J. Webb and Pretorius v. Lion”, [Serengeti National Park, Tanzania]
[PEN/2/2/5/260], Photograph of 2 men, dressed in safari clothes and pulling on a rope, captioned “W. J. Webb and Pretorius v. Lion”, [Serengeti National Park, Tanzania], 19-22 Feb 1938