View of the temporary museum during WWI in the White Tower at Thessaloniki

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/4126.8510
Level Item
Description Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative taken from a print.
Dimensions 10.5 x 8 cm
Place White Tower
Thessalonike
Dates Latest 1919
Donor/Creator Casson, Dr Stanley
Photographic Section, Royal Air Force
8th Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers
Project Macedonia Campaign 1915-1919
Scope and Content The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Salonika district: the temporary Museum in its earlier stages".
Notes Latest date based on the donation of images by Capt. S. Casson to the SPHS collection after WWI. Temporary "museum" during the war was set up in the White Tower in Thessaloniki, Shapland, A and Stefani, E. (eds), 2017. Archaeology Behind the Battle Lines
The Macedonian Campaign (1915-19) and its Legacy. London: Routledge.
Reference 1919 JHS 39: 5th accession to 1913 slide catalogue. xlvi.SPHS 8510. Link to article