Description
This is a black-and-white photograph showing the sailing ship 'Endurance' being loaded with ponies and sled dogs at Lyttelton (east coast of the South Island of New Zealand) for Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica. A crowd of people is aboard the ship, watching proceedings, and there are groups of people in the foreground and along a pier in the background. The photograph was taken by James McDonald in 1914 and measures 5 cm x 7 cm.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |
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| Creator | James McDonald, photographer, 1914 |
| Identifiers | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa number B.003204
TLF resource R4226 |
| Source | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, http://www.tepapa.govt.nz |
