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Accession Nos.: P2249/1-817 AN: 20131035
File No.: 203/18/00054  

For an overview of the collection, see the entry George W. Rayner photograph collection in the National Library's catalogue.

Accession No. Caption: Note
P2249/1-6 (6 transparencies) 2 unidentified landforms; 2 of whales in sea; 2 sunsets (?) Brown envelope marked Dufay Color Transparencies
P2249/7-13 (7 black and white snapshots) Norway – glacier in Fjaerland, Stalheim, Gudvangen fjord, Bergen Kodak Film Wallet envelope
P2249/14-23 (8 negatives and 2 black and white snapshots) Family Group; mountain scenery (Norway ?) Harrods envelope
P2249/24-77 P2249/565-575 (54 black and white snap shots) Portraits of unidentifed men; whaling stations; icebergs near S. Sandwich, S. Georgia; P2249/63-64 Scotia Bay, S. Orkney; various landscapes; sea birds and penguins (West Point Island, Deception, Scotia Bay) Plain white envelope
P2249/78-209 (132 black and white snapshots) Whales at sea (P2249 85 + 86 dated 1934, 1935 with co-ordinates), whaling station at Grytviken (?) (P2249/92-94 annotated) and P2249/136 Saldanha Bay; icebergs (including P2249/108 "Piano Berg, Deception"); various ships at sea and at anchor, (including P2249/109 the Scoresby, P2249/110 the barque Peking, P2249/111 Discovery II in Shoal Bay); various unidentified buildings (P2249/137 a football pitch) and landscapes (including P2249/140 Shoal Bay, P2249/141Cockburn Channel, P2249/142 Cumberland Bay, P2249/143 Mt. Paget, P2249/144 Neptune’s Bellows Deception Island), sea birds, penguins and seals, sea elephants Kodak Prints envelope
P2249/210-297 (89 black and white snapshots) P2249/210-215 - Portraits of unidentifed men; 216-227 - vessel in rough seas "Cape Town – S. Georgia, Oct 1929"; 228-233 various ships including "Scoresby furthest west, Feb 1930, dirty iceberg on right"; 234-239 whales on ship and carcasses on land; 240-246 - views of icebergs and landforms; 247-249 – Falkland Islands, wireless station, river of stones, peat cutting; 250-267 – birds, penguins, seals (some at a zoo?); 268- 297 "First flight" in Antarctica, Dec. 1929,[first flight was Nov 1928 – this is a later flight, 1st with water floats?] transporting the plane, and Austin 7 motor car on the William Scoresby, Deception 1930, aero-tractor ?) Loose in box
P2249/298-301 (4 glass lantern slides) Tables of whale marking data, 1930s In box with Tables handwritten on it
P2249/302-306 (5 glass lantern slides) One showing table of whale marking data and four Antarctic maps showing distribution and movement of marked whales. In box with Dundee handwritten on it
P2249/307-310 (4 glass lantern slides) Antarctic maps showing distribution and movement of marked whales. In box
P2249/311-325 [326 not used] (15 black and white snapshots) Ice encrusted ship on the "Mackensie Sea". 2 unidentified men and a Canadian Airlines Ltd aircraft, unidentified people on a dog sled, Canada (?), buildings (on Deception?) including P2249/315 "view from bedroom window 9.ii.28", sea birds, penguins and other wildlife, the William Scoresby, a whale carcass In long envelope with G.W. Rayner Esq. handwritten on it
NITRATE NEGATIVES (to be stored off-site)
Accession No. Caption: Note
P2249/327-332 South Georgia, Bransfieldst(?) Jan 1930 In envelope with South Georgia, Bransfieldst Jan 1930 handwritten in pencil
P2249/333-338 Penguins, Birds, etc, Deception [Island] Nov 1929 In envelope with Penguins, Birds, etc Deception Nov 1929 handwritten in pencil
P2249/339-342 Iceberg In envelope with Iceberg ………. Handwritten in pencil
P2249/343-348 Entering ………… from S.A. Oct 1929 Splash coming on board, F.I. – Deception Nov 1929 Marking Waterbottles N.S….. Nov 1929 In envelope with text handwritten in pencil
P2249/349-354 Gerlache ? Strait In envelope with Gerlachet Strait handwritten in pencil
P2249/355-358 Berg and whilst towing In envelope with Berg & whilst towing handwritten in pencil
P2249/359 Taking aboard plane first time In envelope with Taking aboard plane 1st time handwritten in pencil
P2249/360-365 Smith Island 23.11.29 In envelope with Smith Island 23.xi.29 handwritten in pencil
P2249/366-376 Family Group, crewmen, Svend Foyn (whaling ship) In Harrods envelope – no inscriptions
P2249/377-381 Around Deception [Island] 23.11.29 In envelope with Around Deception 23.xi.29 handwritten in pencil
P2249/382-386 Bransfield Straits Feb 18th 1930 In envelope with Bransfield Straits Feb 18th 1930 handwritten in pencil
P2249/387-390 In and around Deception [Island] 1st time In envelope with In & around Deception 1st time handwritten in pencil
P2249/391-398 Family groups (2) and scenery not identified In Harrods envelope – no inscriptions
P2249/399-426 Trawling and miscellaneous 1931 In small envelope with 1931 Trawling misc. Rayner 1 of each handwritten in pen and pencil
P2249/427-439 Scenery and wildlife with one negative of two men Kodak Film wallet
P2249/440-455 Family group – mother and baby In Harrods envelope
P2249/456-462 On board ship In Harrods envelope
P2249/463-469 Group of people and wildlife In Harrods envelope
P2249/470-474 Scenery with onboard scenes and scientist at work In Harrods negative bag and outer envelope with C/10800 Discovery Committee written in ink and the whole contained in Harrods envelope (same envelope as 463-469 above)
P2249/475-477 Dirty Iceberg In white envelope with Dirty Iceberg handwritten in pencil
P2249/478-484 Whales and research (or whaling?) vessel/s In Harrods envelope
P2249/485-491 Images taken of and from research (or whaling?) vessel/s In Harrods envelope
P2249/492-499 Images taken of and from research (or whaling?) vessel/s and scientists In Harrods envelope
P2249/500-507 Beached whales, seagull on deck of ship and dwellings on land In Harrods envelope
PRINTS FOUND MIXED WITH NITRATE NEGS Printed from the nitrate negs presumably but not all matching in each sleeve. Handwritten captions on reverse of some prints.
Accession No. Caption: Note
P2249/508 "Hayburn Mike" Removed from sleeve now in plastic neg bag
P2249/509-530 Whaling/research vessels (incl. Svend Foyn), whales, portraits 2 unidentified men Removed from sleeve now in plastic neg bag
P2249/531-536 Unidentified landscape, unidentified family group Removed from sleeve now in plastic neg bag
P2249/537-543 Images of land/ice formations taken from a vessel Removed from sleeve now in plastic neg bag
P2249/544-549 Beached whales, sea bird on deck of ship and farm buildings and cattle Removed from sleeve now in plastic neg bag
P2249/550-553 "Mackenzie Sea" - images taken from a vessel showing ice encrustations and unidentified man Removed from sleeve now in plastic neg bag
P2249/554-557 Unidentified family picnic and unidentified landscape Removed from sleeve now in plastic neg bag
P2249/558-564 "Scoresby Bay", "Scullin" - including nesting fulmars and Antarctic petrels Removed from sleeve now in plastic neg bag
[P565-575 see P24-77] Glass negatives The glass negatives have not been cross-referenced to the prints
Accession No. Caption on envelope Date
P2249/576 Self Deception 18.i.28 [George Rayner] 18-Jan-1928
P2249/577 Young skua, Deception 30.I.28 30-Jan-1928
P2249/578 Sukker Toppen [Sugar Top] 6.iv.29 6-Apr-1929
P2249/579 Sukker Toppen [Sugar Top] 6.iv.29 6-Apr-1929
P2249/580 Left of Pesca Station from C.E.P. I ii. 28 1-Feb-1928
P2249/581 Young tern, S. Georgia 23.ii.28 23-Feb-1928
P2249/582 Ring penguins, Deception 18.I.28 18-Jan-1928
P2249/583 Sea elephant ♀ suckling pup, Moraine Fiord [Fjord] [S. Georgia]
P2249/584 Allardyce Range with Mt. Paget from Lab. Double ext. I ii.28 [s. Georgia] 1-Feb-1928
P2249/585 Hanging glacier, Moraine Plain, 27.iii.28 27-Mar-1928
P2249/586 Reindeer, West Fiord [Fjord]. 10.ix.28 10-Sep-1928
P2249/587 Lashing wreckage off Deception 12.I.28 12-Jan-1928
P2249/588 Grytviken winter 1928 1928
P2249/589 Snow on water, outside Merton Rocks [Right Whale Rocks] from Dias [Diaz?] 3.ix.28 3-Sep-1928
P2249/590 Allardyce Range + Annewkov I from Annewkov iii 19.iii.29 19-Mar-1929
P2249/591 Stromness [S. Georgia] 29.I.29 29-Jan-1929
P2249/592 Allardyce Range + Mt. Paget from north of ….[?]  
P2249/593 Wreck K.E.P.  
P2249/594 Sukker Toppen [Sugar Top] 6.iv.29 6-Apr-1929
P2249/595 Mt. Paget [S. Georgia] 6.iv.29 6-Apr-1929
P2249/596 Moraine Plain looking up 27.iii.28 2x41/2 secs f32 27-Mar-1928
P2249/597 Sperm whale 19.iv.28 [at whaling station, 3 men flensing] 19-Apr-1928
P2249/598 Severed heads sperm whales 2.iv.28 [at whaling station] 2-Apr-1928
P2249/599 Chirocephalus pools, Moraine Plain 27.iii.28 27-Mar-1928
P2249/600 Factory ships, Anglo Norse + in Grytviken 1928 1928
P2249/601 Sukker Toppen [Sugar Top] + glacier 6.iv.29 6-Apr-1929
P2249/602 Deception, factory and O.W.C. 14.1.28 14-Jan-1928
P2249/603 Cape Pigeon on nest Deception 20.I.28 [with 5 x US$10 notes] 20-Jan-1928
P2249/604 Deception, factory 'Ronald' + land station 14.i.28 14-Jan-1928
P2249/605 Stern of Scoresby in pack 19.ix.28 19-Sep-1928
P2249/606 Pesca whaling station from K.E.P. jetty iii.28 Mar-1928
P2249/607 Cape Pigeon on nest with young, Deception 20.i.28 20-Jan-1928
P2249/608 Lyrica [?] + Pesca whaling station 4.x.28 1/25 f8-11 c.s. Pan 4-Oct-1928
P2249/609 Pesca whaleplan, blue whale 27.11m. 29.ix.28 29-Sep-1928
P2249/610 King penguin, K.E.P.  
P2249/611 Gentoo penguins K.E.P.  
P2249/612 Gentoo penguins K.E.P.  
P2249/613 Gentoo penguins K.E.P.  
P2249/614 Gentoo penguins, South Bay, Ice Fiord [Fjord] 21.iii.29 21-Mar-1929
P2249/615 Sei [sejhval] foetus and ovaries 27.iii.28 [at whaling station] 27-Mar-1928
P2249/616 Large blue foetus 7.46m. Mother behind 28.4m. 5.iv.28 [at whaling station] 5-Apr-1928
P2249/617 Sei [sejhval] foetus 3.46m. Grooves on head. 28.iii.28 [at whaling station] 28-Mar-1928
P2249/618 Flensing leopardskin, gulls 1.vii.28 1/100 f.6. 1-Jul-1928
Accession No. Caption on envelope Date
P2249/619 Fin whale, Grytviken [at whaling station]  
P2249/620 Sperm whale, jaws 19.iv.29 [at whaling station] 19-Apr-1928
P2249/621 King penguin and young, Deception, 20,18.I 28 18-Jan-1928
P2249/622 King penguins on beach, Deception 18.I 29 18-Jan-1928
P2249/623 Sea elephants, Moraine Fiord [Fjord]  
P2249/624 Deception, Cape pigeon nesting on cliffs 6.xii.29 6-Jul-1929
P2249/625 Clouds, from loft window looking towards Nordenskiold [Nordenskjold] 30.ix.28 30-Sep-1928
P2249/626 Berg off Graham's Land [Graham Land]  
P2249/627 Pack off N. Biscoe  
P2249/628 Packed bergs, Beascochea Bay - Argentina [W. coast of Graham Land  
P2249/629 Beascochea Bay 19.xii.29 Discharging plane 19-Dec-1929
P2249/630 Discharging Austin 19 xii 29 19-Dec-1929
P2249/631 Neumayer Channel [in the Palmer Archipelago]  
P2249/632 Neumayer channel, southern end [in the Palmer Archipelago]  
P2249/633 Two [seals]crab eating [?] on ice pack near Pendleton Bay 15.xii.29 Pack ice + berg, Pendleton Bay 15.xii.29[renamed Pendleton Strait, between Rabot and Lavoisier Islands, in the Biscoe Islands] 15-Dec-1929
P2249/634 Sunset over S. Georgia, from 'Petrol' Jan 10 1929, about 40 miles out 10-Jan-1929
P2249/635 Langestrand, K. Haakon Bay [?] 21.iii.29 21-Mar-1929
P2249/636 Plane + Austin, on ice, Beascochea Bay  
P2249/637 Pack  
P2249/638 Approaching Beascochea Bay  
P2249/639 Deception, Tern's nest one egg cliff-top, 6.xii.29 6-Dec-1929
P2249/640 Smith Island from Boyd Straits, Nov 23rd 1929, ca. 4.0 a.m. 23-Nov-1929
P2249/641 Deception, Macaroni penguins, Nov 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/642 Deception, Gull's nest, cliff top, 6.xii.29 6-Dec-1929
P2249/643 Beascochea Bay, discharging plane 19.xii.29 19-Dec-1929
P2249/644 Port Lockroy, shag and nest with young, 12.xii.29 12-Dec-1929
P2249/645 Brabant Island, Mt. Buckle [?] from Schollaert Channel, 11.xii.29 11-Dec-1929
P2249/646 Port Lockroy, shag rookery, 12.xii.29 12-Dec-1929
P2249/647 Farewell Antarctica!  
P2249/648 Adelaide Is. [Island]  
P2249/649 Deception, Macaroni penguin on nest, Nov 1929 1929
P2249/650 Livingstone Is. [Livingston Island, S. Shetland Islands] Nov 21st 1929 21-Nov-1929
P2249/651 Deception, fulmar petrels + Cape pigeon, Nov 1929 1-Nov-1929
P2249/652 Piano Berg, Nov 23rd 1929 23-Nov-1929
P2249/653 Port Lockroy, gentoo penguin rookery, 12.xii.29 12-Dec-1929
P2249/654 Berg. Cumberland Bay [S. Georgia], Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/655 Cephalorhynchus commersonii, Tierra del Fuego [Commerson's dolphins in the sea]  
P2249/656 Berg. Cumberland Bay [S. Georgia], Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/657 Bull fur seal, Bird Island, Feb. 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/658 Shag Rocks, Jan 1933 Jan-1933
P2249/659 Shag Rocks, Jan 1933 Jan-1933
P2249/660 Berg, Jan 1933 Jan-1933
P2249/661 Berg, Jan 1933 Jan-1933
P2249/662 S.W . coast South Georgia, Jan 1933 Jan-1933
P2249/663 S.W. coast South Georgia, Jan 1933 Jan-1933
Accession no. Caption on envelope Date
P2249/664 Cape Disappointment S.G. {South Georgia], Jan 1933 Jan-1933
P2249/665 Berg, Jan 1933 Jan-1933
P2249/666 Moraine Fiord [Fjord] Glaciers, Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/667 Hamberg Glacier, Sugar Top & Gendarme [?], Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/668 Moraine Fiord [Fjord], Hamberg & De Beer Glaciers, Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/669 Hamberg Glacier, Sugar Top, Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/670 Hamberg Glacier, Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/671 Hanging Glacier, Moraine Lakes, Moraine Plain, Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/672 Nordenskold Glacier & Allardyce Range  
P2249/673 Hamberg Glacier, Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/674 Moraine Plain & Lakes, Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/675 Mt Paget from above Moraine Fiord, Feb 1933 Feb-1933
P2249/676 Albatross rookery, Albatross Island looking over Bay of Isles, Dec 24th 1932 24-Dec-1932
P2249/677 Albatross on nest, Albatross Is.[Island], Dec 24th 1932 24-Dec-1932
P2249/678 Albatross nest, Albatross Island, Dec 24th 1932 24-Dec-1932
P2249/679 Stinker & nestling, Albatross Is. [Island] Dec 24th 1932 24-Dec-1932
P2249/680 Albatross ♂& ♀ [male & female] and nest, Albatross Is.[Island], Dec 24th 1932 24-Dec-1932
P2249/681 Stinker on nest, Albatross Is.[Island], Dec 24th 1932 24-Dec-1932
P2249/682 Spraying berg  
P2249/683 Candlemas Is. [island] S. Sandwich  
P2249/684 Spraying berg nr [near] S. Sandwich Is., Dec 1932 Dec-1932
P2249/685 Berg 27.xi.32 27-Nov-1932
P2249/686 Berg S. Georgia, Dec. 11th 1932 11-Dec-1932
P2249/687 Small berg, Scotia Bay, S. Orkneys, 22.xi.32 22-Nov-1932
P2249/688 Adelic penguins, Scotia Bay, S. Orkneys, 22.xi.32 22-Nov-1932
P2249/689 Adelic penguins, Scotia Bay, S. Orkneys, 22.xi.32 22-Nov-1932
P2249/690 Scotia Bay, S.Orkneys, 22.xi.32 22-Nov-1932
P2249/691 Looking back up Cockburn Channel after leaving Shoal Bay, 19.x.32 19-Oct-1932
P2249/692 Chionis [?] alba. [albatross] Deception, Nov 3rd 1932 3-Nov-1932
P2249/693 Cephalorhynchus Heavisdii [heaviside’s dolphins] taken off Porpoise Pt. [point], Falklands central [?] view, Feb. 1932 Feb-1932
P2249/694 Cephalorhynchus heavisdii [heaviside’s dolphins] taken off Porpoise Pt. [Point], Falklands side view  
Accession no. Caption on envelope Date
P2249/695 Off San Sebastian Bay, Tierra del Fuego, German barque, Peking standing for the Horn  
P2249/696 Off San Sebastian Bay, Tierra del Fuego, German barque, Peking standing for the Horn  
P2249/697 Looking up Keats Bay, Cockburn Channel, 19.x.32, Mt. Sarmiento is of the picture a little to the left 19-Oct-1932
P2249/698 Cephalorhynchus heavisdii [heaviside’s dolphins] taken off Porpoise Pt. [Point], Falklands, central view  
Accession no. Caption on envelope Date
P2249/699 Shoal Bay, Cockburn Channel, 19.x.32 19-Oct-1932
P2249/700 Neumayer channel [separates Anvers Island from Wiencke Island and Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago] 11.xii.29 11-Dec-1929
P2249/701 Cave berg ii approaching Beascochea Bay 18.xii.29 18-Dec-1929
P2249/702 Sunset over Trinity Pen. [Peninsular], Nov 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/703 Deception, Whalers' Bay with ice [?] & from cliff top, 6.xii.29 6-Dec-1929
P2249/704 Deception, King penguins nesting, Nov. 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/705 Deception, King penguins nesting in snow, Nov. 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/706 Sunrise Bransfield Str. [Strait], Nov. 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/707 Stinkers, Deception Nov 27th '29 27-Nov-1929
P2249/708 Deception, steam on beach, Whalers' Bay, Dec. 1929 1-Dec-1929
P2249/709 Deception, Cape pigeon arriving on nest cliff top 6.xii.29 6-Dec-1929
P2249/710 Neumayer Channel [separates Anvers Island from Wiencke Island and Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago], westside near southern end - south of Copper hut [?]11.xii.29 11-Dec-1929
P2249/711 Port Lockroy, shags on nest, 12.xii.29 12-Dec-1929
P2249/712 Deception, Cape Pigeon on nest tucking away egg, 6.xii.29 6-Dec-1929
P2249/713 Deception, Whaler's Bay & from near top of Mt. Pond, Nov. 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/714 Port Stanley and Great Britain from [oiling jetty?], Nov, 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/715 Neumayer Channel, N. [north] entrance from inside, 11.xii.29 11-Dec-1929
P2249/716 Deception, King penguins, Nov. 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/717 Deception, entrance from cliff top, 6.xii.29 6-Dec-1929
P2249/718 [Mountain range]  
P2249/719 Neumayer Channel, [separates Anvers Island from Wiencke Island and Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago] southern end, 11.xii.29 11-Dec-1929
P2249/720 Pack ice & berg, Pendleton Str. [a strait between Rabot and Lavoisier Islands in the Biscoe Islands], 15.xii.29 15-Dec-1929
P2249/721 Berg approaching Beascochea Bay, 18.xii.29 18-Dec-1929
P2249/722 Cave berg approaching Beascochea Bay 18.xii.29 18-Dec-1929
P2249/723 Neumayer Channel, west side 11.xii.29 11-Dec-1929
P2249/724 Tabular tilted iceberg, Bransfield Straits, Nov. 1929 Nov-1929
P2249/725 Mod. [moderate?] heavy pack [ice], Pendleton Sts? [Straits]  
P2240/726 Wilkin’s planes  
P2249/727 Deception entrance, 10.xii.29 10-Dec-1929
P2249/728-817 Uncaptioned glass negatives  
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