Swedish arctic rescue expedition glass lantern slides, circa 1928 (Box 3)
Permanent ID:
11410
Call number:
PG126
Date:
1928
Image Description:
Third box of slides from the 1928 Swedish expedition to rescue survivors of the crashed airship Italia, near the North Pole. Image 1: Two unidentified men examine what is possibly an antenna. Image 2: Umberto Nobile, captain of the crashed airship Italia, feeds his dog, Tatina, also a survivor of the crash. Image 3: Nobile and another unidentified survivor of the Italia crash pose with Tatina, Nobile's fox terrier. Image 4: Inverted Swedish aircraft. Image 5: Nobile et al's camp set-up, where they survived for weeks on goods salvaged from the Italia. Tent is painted in red stripes as to be better seen by rescuers flying overhead. Image 6: Nobile (left) and Lundborg pose in front of the tent. Image 7: Group of survivors from the Italia crash posed on inverted Swedish military aircraft. Image 8: Nobile, Lundborg and an unidentified man pose in front of inverted Swedish aircraft. Image 9: Letter from an unidentified author in Norwegian regarding the crash of the Italia and rescue expeditions. Image 10: Camp set up around the inverted Swedish military aircraft, men sitting on its wings. Image 11: Nobile and two unidentified men with their camp supplies. Image 12: Camp set-up with the painted red tent suspended from the tail of the Swedish military aircraft. Image 13: Men sitting on the wing of the inverted military aircraft, clothes drying on the upper part of the wing. Image 14: Postcard sent by airmail [flygpost] from coordinates 80 degrees 12' latitude, 27 degrees 30' longitude, approximately the area where the Italia crashed. Image 15: Rescue aircraft landing at sunset. Image 16: Lieutenant Lundborg in arctic gear. Image 17: Rescue aircraft ready to take flight. Image 18: Unidentified man in sweater and denim suspenders.
Format:
Lantern
Dimensions:
Width: 10 cm, Height: 8.25 cm (image)
