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 “The Zanes”, Olympia
[PEN 7/2/3/55], Photograph of “The Zanes”, Olympia, [26 Apr 1928]
The stone bases for bronze statues of Zeus at the entrance to the stadium.
Photograph of “Nestor’s Pylos” [Palace of Nestor, archaeological site]
[PEN 7/2/3/76], Photograph of “Nestor’s Pylos” [Palace of Nestor, archaeological site], [27 Apr 1928]
[Taken from the train]. Site not really visible, view of fields and trees.
Photograph of the temple at Bassai [Bassae, north-west corner]
[PEN 7/2/3/88], Photograph of the temple at Bassai [Bassae, north-west corner], [Apr 1928 or Oct 1929]
Looking down to the temple from higher ground, with a tree in the foreground.