[At the South Pole, Petty Officer Evans (foreground), Robert F. Scott, and Dr. Wilson at the site of the Norwegian flag left by Roald Amundsen and his team, who had beaten the Scott Expedition to be the first to reach the Pole by just 5 weeks.]
Negative
[At the South Pole, Petty Officer Evans (foreground), Robert F. Scott, and Dr. Wilson at the site of the Norwegian flag left by Roald Amundsen and his team, who had beaten the Scott Expedition to be the first to reach the Pole by just 5 weeks.]
January 18, 1912
Gelatin silver negative
Overall: 8 x 10.5 cm
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2011.0263.0001
Inscriptions On original glassine envelope (printed): H.G. Ponting
On original glassine envelope (pencil): This is one of the negatives which were taken on a roll of Kodak film on January 18th, 1912 - by Lieut H.R. Bowers at the South Pole. It shows the discovery by Captain Scott of the little tent left there by the Norwegian explorer, Capt. Amundsen, who forestalled [sic] Scott by 34 days. On right foreground, Petty Officer Evans / [on] left Captain Scott. / Middle Dr. Wilson
On paper envelope (typed): Registered / George Eastman, Esq, / The Eastman Kodak Company, / Rochester, N.Y., / U.S.A.
On paper envelope (pencil): Taken at the South Pole / Jan 1912 / from H.G. Ponting / From C.F. Hutchison / Kodak Pk.
On original glassine envelope (pencil): This is one of the negatives which were taken on a roll of Kodak film on January 18th, 1912 - by Lieut H.R. Bowers at the South Pole. It shows the discovery by Captain Scott of the little tent left there by the Norwegian explorer, Capt. Amundsen, who forestalled [sic] Scott by 34 days. On right foreground, Petty Officer Evans / [on] left Captain Scott. / Middle Dr. Wilson
On paper envelope (typed): Registered / George Eastman, Esq, / The Eastman Kodak Company, / Rochester, N.Y., / U.S.A.
On paper envelope (pencil): Taken at the South Pole / Jan 1912 / from H.G. Ponting / From C.F. Hutchison / Kodak Pk.
