Catalogue description Account of First Ascent of Mount Everest

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Details of 1922/E43
Reference: 1922/E43
Title: Account of First Ascent of Mount Everest
Description:

Series Title: Mount Everest

 

Sir Edmund Hillary's first account of Mount Everest on May 29 1953 as published in "Life" magazine on July 13 1953. Copyright 1953 Time Inc.

 

Contains: Sir Edmund Hillary's first account of his first ascent of Mount Everest on May 29 1953. Published in "Life" magazine on July 13 1953, pages 124-138. Copyright 1953 by Time Inc. Includes photograph of Mount Everest above its South Col. Photo by Dolf Reist. Larger copy in Photo Library.. Plus letter to Sir Edmund Hillary and two covering letters to Chris Bonnington. Specifications and photograph of Brad Washburn's Kodak camera circa 1925. Piece Ref: 1922/E43.

 

Places: Everest
Date: 1953-2002
Held by: Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 red loose leaf binder (14 p.)
Physical condition: Typed
Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Bradford Washburn

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