Joseph Holmes ("Bob") Miller (left) and Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (right)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3892]

Creator: British Information Services

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1956

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3892

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Summary

Left to right: New Zealand mountaineers Joseph Holmes ("Bob") Miller (1919-1986) and Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919-2008). Miller was deputy leader of Hillary's Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The men are shown digging out oil drums dropped from the air as part of their advance training in New Zealand.

Subject

  • Miller, J. H (Joseph Holmes)
  • Hillary, Edmund 1919-2008
  • Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3892

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1956
  • 11/1956

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  • Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

Scientific expeditions

Place

New Zealand

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3892]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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