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.
Low contrast, light negative.
A cliff with houses built on top is in the background.
[Taken in West Kirby, whilst staying at Caldy with Hilda’s family].
Shows Hilda Pendlebury and others standing by a wooden cross, with wreaths of flowers laid next to it.
Shows group at service, including priests and a man reading from a piece of paper.
Photograph album compiled by John Pendlebury, containing plans and photographs of Tholos tombs in Mycenae and some other archaeological sites in the Peloponnese, with notes on the sites. Also contains other photographs and plans of Mycenae. The first page has the title of the album written on it as “The Tholos Tombs of Mycenae & elsewhere with The Citadel of Mycenae & its Environs.” Also includes loose photographs of Knossos [possibly prints of photographs from Arthur Evans], and a temple in Egypt.