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Cusack Smith album 7
- Date
- [Circa 1892 to 1894]
- By
- Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Davis, John, -1893
- Reference
- PA1-o-548
- Description
Album collected by Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith when British Consul in Samoa in the 1890s. Images taken by Thomas Andrew, John Davis, and unidentified photographers. Includes general scenes of life in Samoa, including the building of a fale (house); harvesting coconuts; fishing; canoes; boat races; and picnic scenes. Two photographs show the bombardment of Luatuanuu in August 1894.
Numbers of portraits of people associated with the British Consulate, including various members of the Royal Navy; young European women; Fijian men, including Sir John Thurston, Governor of Fiji; and one of a Solomon Islander in native dress.
Other Titles - British Consulate, Samoa
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Dark grey album, black spine and corners, lettered in gold "British Consulate, Samoa", 25 x 30 cm
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- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Dark grey album, black spine and corners, lettered in gold "British Consulate, Samoa", 25 x 30 cm
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UnknownGroup of people at a picnic, Samoa
Date: December 1894
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PA1-o-548-49
Description: A group of people at Mr Krause's picnic, Samoa. Photographed by an unknown photographer in December 1894. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Maia. Mr Krause's picnic December 1894 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.7 x 13 cm
Four Samoan men, Samoa
Date: November 1894
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PA1-o-548-48
Description: Four uniformed Samoan employees of Her Britannic Majesty's (HBM) High Commissioner's Court For the Western Pacific. The men wear turbans, lava lava, and white short sleaved shirts emblazened with "V R" and a crown. Above then on the wall of a building, a notice board proclaims the commissioners court, and also informs that the building is the office of HM Deputy Commissioner for Samoa and Tokelau. Photographed by an unknown photographer in November 1894. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Puatolu. Faatarssi. Samau. Faalata. November 1894 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.5 x 13.5 cm
Photograph of Bazett Haggard's pony Rebecca held by Micky Scanlon.
Date: ca1894
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PA1-o-548-35
Description: Micky Scanlon holding Bazett Haggard's polo pony by the reins. Samoa. Photographed by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Fanua in her wedding dress
Date: [189-?]
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PA1-o-548-40-1
Description: Portrait of a young Samoan woman named Fanua dressed in her wedding dress, taken ca 1890s by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fanua in her Wedding Dress. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 13.8 x 9.7 cm
The Tivoli Hotel and Tivoli Road, Apia, Samoa - Photograph taken by Thomas Andrew
Date: [ca1895]
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939
Reference: PA1-o-548-12
Description: A view of Tivoli Road, Apia, Samoa, with the Tivoli Hotel on the left. Photographed by Thomas Andrew about 1895 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The old Tivoli Hotel Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19 x 13.4 cm
Group photograph, HMS Cordelia's picnic, Samoa, 1892.
Date: 1892
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PA1-o-548-25
Description: Mainly a group photograph of crew from HMS Cordelia with Samoan women. Photographed by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Portrait of a Samoan woman
Date: ca 1890
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
By: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929
Reference: PA1-o-548-40-2
Description: Portrait of a young Samoan woman standing in the parting of two curtains. Photographed by Sir Thomas Berry Smith in about 1890 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print