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Call Number:

PH-00004

Collection Name:

Frank Hurley Photography Collection

Creator:

Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962)

No. of Items:

3 boxes (62 items)

Span Dates:

1914-1915

Description:

The collection consists of 62 photographs by Frank Hurley (Australian, 1885-1962) that document Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, from 1914 to 1917, including scenes aboard and the sinking of the Endurance. The photographs, which are all gelatin silver prints, are accompanied by an eleven-page typescript narrative by the photographer. Hurley made the prints shortly before his death for the photo-historian Helmut Gernsheim. Titles from the typescript follow.

964:0553:0001 -- Map of the Expedition;
964:0553:0002 -- Sir Ernest Shackleton;
964:0553:0003 -- Frank Hurley;
964:0553:0004 -- The Endurance;
964:0553:0005 -- King Edward Cove;
964:0553:0006 -- Whalers and Whale Carcass;
964:0553:0007 -- Alpine Scenery of South Georgia Island;
964:0553:0008 -- Ice Shattered Peaks;
964:0553:0009 -- Icy Sea;
964:0553:0010 -- Whales;
964:0553:0011 -- Seaman on Bow of Ship with Iceberg in the Distance;
964:0553:0012 -- Sailing Ship and Its Swath Through the Ice;
964:0553:0013 -- Sailing Ship on Icy Sea;
964:0553:0014 -- Mast of Sailing Ship and Large Ice Floes;
964:0553:0015 -- Sailing Ship Held Up in Ice;
964:0553:0017 -- Sailing Ship Trapped on Ice;
964:0553:0018 -- Attempt to Free the Vessel from the Icy Grip;
964:0553:0019 -- Sailing Ship Held Up in Ice;
964:0553:0020 -- Dogs and Igloos Next to Sailing Ship;
964:0553:0021 -- Tom Crean Holding Sally's Puppies;
964:0553:0022 -- Frank Wild, Second in Command, with Lupoid, Leader of His Dog Team;
964:0553:0023 -- Hudson, the Navigating Officer, with a Penguin Under Each Arm Heading to the Cook's Galley;
964:0553:0024 -- Frank Hurley Feeding the Dogs in the Dark at 2:00 p.m.;
964:0553:0025 -- In the Laboratory Below Decks: Setting Up the Dipcircle for Magnetic Observations;
964:0553:0026 -- Chaotic Masses of Ice After a Blizzard;
964:0553:0027 -- Drifting Iceberg;
964:0553:0028 -- Iceberg and Ship;
964:0553:0029 -- Polar Nights, Snowdrifts and Low Temperatures Encasing the Ship;
964:0553:0030 -- Return of the sun;
964:0553:0031 -- Dazzling Field of White Carnations, Encrusting the Surface of Newly Formed Ice;
964:0553:0032 -- The Beginning of Trouble;
964:0553:0033 -- The Endurance Balanced on the Top of a Pressure Ridge in Peril of Toppling Over;
964:0553:0034 -- The Endurance Flung 30 Degrees to Port;
964:0553:0035 -- The Death of the Ship Seemed Inevitable;
964:0553:0036 -- Millions of Tons of Ice Beset Endurance on Every Side and the Hull Collapsed Under the Strain;
964:0553:0037 -- Abandoning Ship;
964:0553:0038 -- Dogsled Team Facing the Shipwreck of the Endurance;
964:0553:0039 -- Near View of the Shipwreck of the Endurance Viewed By One of the Seamen;
964:0553:0040 -- Seamen on Ocean Camp on Ice Flow After Destruction of Endurance;
964:0553:0041 -- Frank Hurley and Sir Ernest Shackleton in Front of Tent;
964:0553:0042 -- View of Ocean Camp;
964:0553:0043 -- Seals and Penguins on Ice Floe;
964:0553:0044 -- Leaving Ocean Camp;
964:0553:0045 -- Drawing Boats Onto Ice Floe to Wait for the Dawn;
964:0553:0046 -- Seamen Huddled Around Blubber Fire on Ice Floe;
964:0553:0047 -- Reaching Elephant Island;
964:0553:0048 -- Reaching Elephant Island / Paradise Regained;
964:0553:0049 -- Cape Wild;
964:0553:0050 -- Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and Five Crew Men Setting Out for South Georgia;
964:0553:0051 -- Men Marooned on Elephant Island;
964:0553:0052 -- Group Portrait of the Men Marooned on Elephant Island;
964:0553:0053 -- [Artist's Impression of Life Beneath the Boats;
964:0553:0054 -- Artist's Impression Shackleton and His Rescue Team Reaching South Georgia Island;
964:0553:0055 -- Artist's Impression Shackleton and His Rescue Team Pulling the Boat Ashore on South Georgia Island;
964:0553:0056 -- Seals on the Shore of King Haakon Bay on South Georgia Island;
964:0553:0057 -- Glimpse Taken in the Heart of South Georgia Across Which Shackleton, Worsley and Crean Won Their Dogged Way and Survived Incredible Perils;
964:0553:0058 -- [View of the Heart of South Georgia Island;
964:0553:0059 -- The Whaling Station on South Georgia Island;
964:0553:0060 -- Sighting of the Vessel with Shackleton and the Rescue Crew;
964:0553:0061 -- Marooned Seamen Waving to Shackleton, Crean and Worsley in the Rescue Boat;
964:0553:0062 -- View of the Rescue Boat with the Shackleton Expedition Crew Aboard.

Location(s):

Hurley, F., Box 1 (964:0553:0001-0021)
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Hurley, F., Box 2 (964:0553:0022-0041)
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Hurley, F., Box 3 (964:0553:0042-0062)
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Item(s):

964:0553:0001 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Map of the Expedition, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 23.7 x 30.1 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0002 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 23 x 16.3 cm ; 9 1/10 x 6 2/5 in .

964:0553:0003 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Frank Hurley, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 24.2 cm ; 12 x 9 1/2 in .

964:0553:0004 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). The Endurance, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.1 x 23.7 cm ; 11 9/10 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0553:0005 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). King Edward Cove, 1914. Gelatin silver print, 24.1 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0006 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Whalers and Whale Carcass, 1914. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0007 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Alpine Scenery of South Georgia Island, 1914. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0008 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Ice Shattered Peaks, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0009 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Icy Sea, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0010 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Whales, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0011 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Seaman on Bow of Ship with Iceberg in the Distance, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.1 x 24 cm ; 11 9/10 x 9 2/5 in .

964:0553:0012 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Sailing Ship and Its Swath Through the Ice, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0013 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Sailing Ship on Icy Sea, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0014 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Mast of Sailing Ship and Large Ice Floes, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0015 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Sailing Ship Held Up in Ice, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0016 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Seals on Floating Patch of Ice, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 23.8 x 30.1 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0017 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Sailing Ship Trapped on Ice, 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0018 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Attempt to Free the Vessel from the Icy Grip, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0019 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Sailing Ship Held Up in Ice, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0020 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Dogs and Igloos Next to Sailing Ship, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0021 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Tom Crean Holding Sally's Puppies], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 29.5 x 23.4 cm ; 11 3/5 x 9 1/5 in .

964:0553:0022 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Frank Wild, Second in Command, with Lupoid, Leader of His Dog Team], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.1 x 23.6 cm ; 11 9/10 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0553:0023 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Hudson, the Navigating Officer, with a Penguin Under Each Arm Headingto the Cook's Galley], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30 x 24.2 cm ; 11 4/5 x 9 1/2 in .

964:0553:0024 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Frank Hurley Feeding the Dogs in the Dark at 2:00 p.m.], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0025 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [In the Laboratory Below Decks: Setting Up the Dipcircle forMagnetic Observations], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0026 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Chaotic Masses of Ice After a Blizzard], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0027 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Drifting Iceberg], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0028 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Iceberg and Ship], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0029 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Polar Nights, Snowdrifts and Low Temperatures Encasing the Ship, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.1 x 24.2 cm ; 11 9/10 x 9 1/2 in .

964:0553:0030 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Return of the sun, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0031 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Dazzling Field of White Carnations, Encrusting the Surface of Newly Formed Ice, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.8 x 30.1 cm ; 9 4/5 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0032 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). The Beginning of Trouble, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.1 x 24.2 cm ; 11 9/10 x 9 1/2 in .

964:0553:0033 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). The Endurance Balanced on the Top of a Pressure Ridge in Peril of Toppling Over, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0034 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). The Endurance Flung 30 Degrees to Port, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0035 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). The Death of the Ship Seemed Inevitable, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.1 x 24.2 cm ; 11 9/10 x 9 1/2 in .

964:0553:0036 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Millions of Tons of Ice Beset Endurance on Every Side and the Hull Collapsed Under the Strain, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0037 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Abandoning Ship, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.1 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0038 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Dogsled Team Facing the Shipwreck of the Endurance, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.1 x 24 cm ; 11 9/10 x 9 2/5 in .

964:0553:0039 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). Near View of the Shipwreck of the Endurance Viewed by One of the Seamen, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 23.6 x 30 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0040 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Seamen on Ocean Camp on Ice Flow After Destruction of Endurance], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0041 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Frank Hurley and Sir Ernest Shackleton in Front of Tent], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 30.1 x 24.2 cm ; 11 9/10 x 9 1/2 in .

964:0553:0042 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [View of Ocean Camp], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0043 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Seals and Penguins on Ice Floe], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0044 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Leaving Ocean Camp], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0045 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Drawing Boats Onto Ice Floe to Wait for the Dawn], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0046 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Seamen Huddled Around Blubber Fire on Ice Floe], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0047 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Reaching Elephant Island], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0048 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Reaching Elephant Island / Paradise Regained], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0049 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Cape Wild], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0050 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and Five Crew Men Setting Out for South Georgia], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0051 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Men Marooned on Elephant Island], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0553:0052 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Group Portrait of the Men Marooned on Elephant Island], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0053 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Artist's Impression of Life Beneath the Boats], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0054 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Artist's Impression Shackleton and His Rescue Team Reaching SouthGeorgia Island], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0055 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Artist's Impression Shackleton and His Rescue Team Pulling the Boat Ashore on South Georgia Island], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0056 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Seals on the Shore of King Haakon Bay on South Georgia Island], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0057 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Glimpse Taken in the Heart of South Georgia Across Which Shackleton, Worsley and Crean Won Their Dogged Way and Survived Incredible Perils], between 1914 and 1916]. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0058 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [View of the Heart of South Georgia Island], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0059 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [The Whaling Station on South Georgia Island], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 30.1 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0060 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Sighting of the Vessel with Shackleton and the Rescue Crew], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 29.6 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0553:0061 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [Marooned Seamen Waving to Shackleton, Crean and Worsley in the Rescue Boat], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 23.6 x 30.1 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0553:0062 -- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (1885 - 1962). [View of the Rescue Boat with the Shackleton Expedition Crew Aboard], 1914 or 1915. Gelatin silver print, 23.6 x 30.1 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 9/10 in .

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