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.
Containing an account of a trip to Italy with postcards and photographs [Apr-May 1923]; postcards and reproduction photographs of Cambridge (United Kingdom), Melrose Abbey (Edinburgh), Whitby, Athens and Venice; photographs of Greece (Athens, Nemea, Crete, Attica, Olympia); photographs of John and Hilda Pendlebury’s wedding; postcards and photographs of Egypt; and postcards of Rhodes.
Foreground of photograph includes part of the boat.
John is walking on rocks, wearing shorts, and looking over his shoulder to the camera. The photograph was taken by Professor Woodhead [William Dudley Woodhead, Professor of Greek/Classics at McGill University, Montreal, Canada]. In John Pendlebury’s travel log this photograph is captioned “regrettable scene”.
Includes a figure standing next to the ruins.
Hilda [White] was travelling with others including Miss Heywood, Miss Weavers, Miss Reynolds and Mr Waters. She stayed in Paris (on the way), Torino, Rome, Naples and Florence, and visited other places in Italy. The handwritten account is accompanied by postcards and some photographs.
The page in the travel log this photograph is pasted onto is labelled, in the upper right corner, 'Melrose Abbey, Edinburgh', but the photo is of the inside of Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin, Scotland