Photograph of Richard John Seddon and King Malietoa Laupepa taking kava

Photograph of Richard John Seddon and King Malietoa Laupepa taking kava
Date
15 April 1897
Reference
PA1-o-545-38-2
Description

Richard John Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and King Malietoa Laupepa of Samoa, seated on a mat with a kava bowl. Seddon is is holding a coconut drinking cup in his hand. Photographed in 1897 by an unknown photographer

On the 15th of April, 1897, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Richard John Seddon and party left Wellington on the RMSS Alameda to attend the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Their first port of call was Apia Samoa where these photographs were taken.

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 92 x 140 mm mounted on album page

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Part of
Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa / Cusack Smith album 4
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 92 x 140 mm mounted on album page
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Photograph of Richard John Seddon and King Malietoa Laupepa taking kava. Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa. Ref: PA1-o-545-38-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22671270

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