This item contains 285 photographic prints taken during the Harvard and Adelaide Universities expedition of 1938-1939 in which JB Birdsell was a participant. These volumes contain individual subject photographs which consist of a portrait and profile view of individuals examined during the expedition. There are a number of related expedition photographs some of which contain captions and dates, some have been annotated by NB Tindale (see AA 338). Photographs include:

• Photographs numbered 1-6 relate to JB Birdsell working or in the field.
  
  
• Photographs numbered 7-167 relate to 'individual subject photograph prints. These prints are duplicates from the Harvard Adelaide anthropological data cards See: (see AA 689/9/16)
  
  
• Photographs numbered 168-270 relate to individuals from the following localities including: Boraning, Narrogin and Laverton (Western Australia), Yarrabah and Mona Mona (Queensland), Brewarinna (New South Wales), Pt. McLeay (South Australia) and Cape Barren Island (Tasmania).
  
  
• Photographs numbered 271-285, relate to archaeological sites and landscape.