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.
Group photograph of M. I. Turnbull, Hilda White, John Pendlebury, Bob Dixon and Winifred Lamb, sitting down on rocks.
Group photograph of Miss Turnbull, Hilda White, John Pendlebury, Sylvia Benton and Winifred Lamb, sitting down on rocks.
John Pendlebury added notes in the travel book that the road to the Heraion went over the bridge, and the surface was fine yellow Mycenaean clay.
Travel log includes a note that the mountain has a “Mycenaean (and Hellenistic) fort on top”.
Looking down onto part of the archaeological site.
Comprises a full-length photograph of a woman standing outside holding wool [she had been spinning].
Comprises a full length photograph of Dimitri Dassis standing outside [the Belle Helene hotel].
With a note that the gate was originally completely covered over, and that the gate led to a cistern outside the walls down to the right of the photograph.
Mrs Ntases can be seen in the background, holding a bundle of wool.
Close-up of the gate, compared to previous photograph (PEN 2/2/104).
Includes a shadow cast by photographer [John Pendlebury].