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.
View of workers with trolleys of earth, silhouetted on horizon.
View over excavation to workers walking along ridge on the horizon.
View of river, trees and walls and buildings next to river. Also a woman and children in the distance.
View of river, palm trees and walls along river bank.
View along edge of building, along street [across bridge].
Between Belad Ruz [Balad Ruz/ Kan'an] and Mendeli [Mandalī], Iraq.
Between Belad Ruz [Balad Ruz/ Kan'an] and Mendeli [Mandalī], Iraq.
People labelled as H.D., H.H., Mehran, T.J. [Thorkild Jacobsen], Gabriel, P.D., E.M., R.J. [Rigmor Jacobsen]. MAC [Mary Chubb]” Between Belad Ruz [Balad Ruz/ Kan'an] and Mendeli [Mandalī], Iraq.
Between Belad Ruz [Balad Ruz/ Kan'an] and Mendeli [Mandalī], Iraq.
Between Belad Ruz [Balad Ruz/ Kan'an] and Mendeli [Mandalī], Iraq.
Between Belad Ruz [Balad Ruz/ Kan'an] and Mendeli [Mandalī], Iraq. Out of focus.
View of village through palm trees.
5 people, all turned away from camera, but group includes [Mary Chubb and Rigmor Jacobsen].
Also includes 2 members of the tribe riding camels, and one walking alongside.
People gathered around the camel, by a ditch, with 2 horses standing by.
Showing 2 columns with bass reliefs of dragons and aurochs.
Close-up of 1 column with bass reliefs of dragons and aurochs.
This was John Pendlebury’s transport across the desert, run by the Nairn Transport Company. It was more like a small bus that a car.
Has been overprinted with another image on the left hand side “night scene in Damascus”.