Deck tennis match
Date
1929
Sitter
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986, Hungarian) , Biochemist
Margarete 'Gretl' Magnus (German) , Translator
Margarete 'Gretl' Magnus (German) , Translator
Creator
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902 - 2002) , Physiologist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 80mm
width (print): 54mm
width (print): 54mm
Subject
Description
Scene showing deck tennis aboard the S.S. Minnekahda. The two players are Gretl Magnus (left as viewed) facing the camera; and Albert Szent-Gyorgi (right as viewed), in profile, standing with hands on hips.
The image is inscribed in ink, verso: ‘Minnekhada 1929 St Gyorgyi & Gretl Magnus Deck Tennis’. From a collection of snapshots taken by Mary Pickford on board, captioned and donated by her. Backed with cardboard.
The S.S. Minnekahda was a U.S. Atlantic Transport converted troopship, repurposed as a single-class passenger ship. Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) organised its use to transport European scientists attending the International Physiological Congress in Boston, U.S.A., in 1929.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986), Hungarian biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1937.
Margarete ‘Gretl’ Magnus [later Zander] (d.1968) German translator, was the daughter of Rudolf Magnus (1873-1927) and worked with him; she later married Walter Zander (1898-1993) German-born British lawyer and scholar.
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902-2002) British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.
The image is inscribed in ink, verso: ‘Minnekhada 1929 St Gyorgyi & Gretl Magnus Deck Tennis’. From a collection of snapshots taken by Mary Pickford on board, captioned and donated by her. Backed with cardboard.
The S.S. Minnekahda was a U.S. Atlantic Transport converted troopship, repurposed as a single-class passenger ship. Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) organised its use to transport European scientists attending the International Physiological Congress in Boston, U.S.A., in 1929.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986), Hungarian biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1937.
Margarete ‘Gretl’ Magnus [later Zander] (d.1968) German translator, was the daughter of Rudolf Magnus (1873-1927) and worked with him; she later married Walter Zander (1898-1993) German-born British lawyer and scholar.
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902-2002) British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.
Object history
Presented by Lillian Mary Pickford.
Associated place