IDNO

P.96511.WIL

Description

Group of seven European men, including from left to right, Hugh Ruttledge, George Wood-Johnson, Edward Oswald Shebbeare, Major Hugh Boustead, Frank S. Smythe, Doctor C. Raymond Greene, Captain E. St.J. Birnie, and standing with the Maharaja of Sikkim and Williamson’s dog, Bruce. The seven men were part of the 1933 Everest Expedition team, and photographed on the roadside at Gangtok, (possibly at the Residency?). [JD 21/4/2008]

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 1-30 were taken in and around Gangtok).
5. “Everest expedition at Gangtok”
5e.“Ruttledge, Greene, Shebbeare, Smythe, Birnie, Wood-Johnson, Boustead, Maharaja”.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; Gangtok

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Captain E. St. J. Birnie; George Wood-Johnson; Frank S. Smythe; Edward Oswald Shebbeare; Hugh Ruttledge; Maharaja of Sikkim; Doctor C. Raymond Greene; Major Hugh Boustead

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 - 16 March 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]