Title: Cecil Meares making dog harness. July 13th 1911
Reference: P2005/5/461
Reference: P2005/5/461
Title: Cecil Meares making dog harness. July 13th 1911
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: July 19th 1911. 311. Mr C.H. Meares making Dog Harness.;Hand written on top of envelope: 311. Popperfoto label: scanned V.I.;Box 9: Part of a worn label on outside front edge of lid: No 470A – 564. Hand written inscription in ink, inside lid: Mr. H.G. Ponting, 47 Oxford Mansion, Oxford Circus. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 254 – 287. Width 8inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: In the interior of the hut, Meares sits at a bench sewing a dog harness. Other harnesses lie at his feet and lie on the bench. Carpentry equipment hangs from the wall behind.