Somervell Collection

Colonel Norton, at 28, 000 ft, on Everest, 1924
Photograph showing Colonel Edward Felix Norton (1884-1954) climbing Everest, at a height of about 28, 000 feet, 1924. This photograph was taken by Theodore Howard Somervell (1890-1975)

The Men of the 1924 Everest Expedition
Photograph showing the 1924 Everest Expedition team in their camp. Those pictured are back row, left to right: Irvine, Mallory, Norton, Odell and MacDonald

The positions of the Everest Expedition, 1924
Photograph showing Mount Everest, with the relative positions of Camp VI, and the furthest points reached by Norton and Somervell and Mallory and Irvine, 1924

1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of the worlds highest peak

MR. JAMES SOMERVELL, engraving 1890, UK, U. K. Britain, British, Europe, United Kingdom
MR. JAMES SOMERVELL, engraving 1890, UK, U.K. Britain, British, Europe, United Kingdom, Great Britain, European

MR. JAMES SOMERVELL, engraving 1890, UK, U. K. Britain, British, Europe, United Kingdom
MR. JAMES SOMERVELL, engraving 1890, UK, U.K. Britain, British, Europe, United Kingdom, Great Britain, European

The 1922 British expedition to Mount Everest. First row, from left: George Mallory, George Ingle Finch
MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION. The 1922 British expedition to Mount Everest. First row, from left: George Mallory, George Ingle Finch, Tom George Longstaff, C. Geoffrey Bruce, Edward L

Leaders at the Cairo Conference, Egypt, which addressed the Allied position toward Japan during World War II
CAIRO CONFERENCE, 1943. Leaders at the Cairo Conference, Egypt, which addressed the Allied position toward Japan during World War II

Allied at the Cairo Conference, Egypt. Front row, from left: Chiang Kai-Shek, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
CAIRO CONFERENCE, 1943. Allied at the Cairo Conference, Egypt. Front row, from left: Chiang Kai-Shek, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Chiangs wife, Soong Mei Ling

ARNOLD JOSEPH TOYNBEE (1889-1975). English historian. Photographed in 1947 on the publication of D. C
ARNOLD JOSEPH TOYNBEE (1889-1975). English historian. Photographed in 1947 on the publication of D.C. Somervells one-volume abridgement of the first six volumes of Toynbees chief work

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