Photographic reproduction of a page from Hart's Museum visitor book.
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14th April. Ciching village. Black Miao woman looking at polaroid given to her by Peter Baldwin
Letter by Otto Samson to the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, regarding the transfer of Captain Scott relics
Black and white medium format negative (scanned positive) of a washing line with raffia-like plant being dried
35mm slide: The whole village coming out to meet the group and escort them to a village. Peter thinks this is SCHANGZHAI village, Changzhai, which seems to be where they had lunch. His log book also has ‘Dahzhi’, crossed out, and then ‘Dongkou’, perhaps the name of the village they had stayed in the previous night.
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