Photography — 1962-02-19
River Thames Training for Duke of Edinburgh Award youth leaders
River training for Duke of Edinburgh award leaders, 1962. Duke of Edinburgh Youth leaders received their training from the RSS Discovery which was moored at Victoria Embankment. The Discovery had been used by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their voyage to the Antarctic and so was thought to embody the spirit of adventure and necessary for Duke of Edinburgh Award participants.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG2141/10
- Object name:
- River Thames Training for Duke of Edinburgh Award youth leaders
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
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- Production date:
- 1962-02-19
- Material:
cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6x6
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
London Museum
- Image credit:
© Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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