Title: Cecil Meares at the Pianola in the Winterquarters Hut
Reference: P2005/5/798
Reference: P2005/5/798
Title: Cecil Meares at the Pianola in the Winterquarters Hut
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: January 1912. 501. Mr Meares at the Pianola, in the Winterquarters Hut.;Hand written on top of envelope: 501. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 16: Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 500 – 528. Hand written in ink, inside lid: Mr H.G. Ponting, 47 Oxford Mansion, Oxford Circus. Width 8 inches, 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 pianola. A metal cylinder stands on the floor in the foreground. Provisions and books are stacked on shelves on the walls.