Church architecture - Samoan Islands

Date: 1916-1964

From: Sims family: Collection

By: Clifford, Henry Herbert, 1872-1949

Reference: PA1-o-1958

Description: Photograph album with 51 black and white, and one colour photographic print, depicting people and places, including many in the Pacific. Most of the photographers are not identified, but it is likely that many would have been taken by Thomas Sims, while others are postcard-backed commercial prints. Many of the photographs are likely to be dated from a visit by Sims to the Pacific in 1916, and later. Photographs include: - Family and group portraits in studio settings, domestic interior settings, and outdoor settings - Building in Suva on Macarthur Street with palms in foreground - Church interiors and exteriors - Seascape with moored boats and sunlight breaking through clouds - Portrait of a child seated on a natural swing consisting of a vine - Interior with domestic accessories, including porcelain, cutlery, silverware, and a clock - Group portrait of four female subjects in the Pacific holding floral arrangements - Large thatched building in the Pacific with male subject standing in garden - View of harbour with large steamer (most likely the SS 'Talune') and smaller vessels at anchor - View over an urban area with some identifiable buildings, including "Bennett & Sutton's" and "N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd" - Portrait of four New Zealand Expeditionary Force military personnel in uniform bearings arms, standing outside building in Samoa - Street scenes with military parades including mounted officers in uniform and spectators observing from rooftops - Various depictions of indiginous peoples of the Pacific Region in traditional attire - Various portraits and family group portraits, including portrait of a young female subject with the blindstamped studio imprint "Clifford Christchurch". - Also includes one colour photographic print depicting a couple, dated August 1964. Quantity: 1 album(s) Containing 52 photographic prints. Physical Description: Green photograph album with 30 leaves bound in cloth with leather spine, with photographic prints mounted and two loose prints laid in (some pages disbound and final 12 leaves blank).

Date: ca1880s-1890s

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Davis, John, -1893; Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914; A & W (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-223

Description: Compiled by S Percy Smith. Album includes 42 pages of photographs of Samoan scenery, towns, buildings, and portraits. Photographers represented include Burton Brothers, Thomas Andrew, J Davis, and A & W. As well as Samoa, this album includes photographs of men and one woman in the Solomon Islands; their ceremonial dress, weapons, and a house with an ornately woven patterned wall, and thatched roof. The last two photographs show men with weapons, wearing masks. Several photographs show images relating to Robert Louis Stevenson. One (on page 32) shows "R L Stevenson & party". Stevenson and his wife with European and Samoan men and women are seen standing at the back of a large group on the steps of the verandah at Vailima. The verandah is draped with fern leaves. The group seated in front on the stairs includes Samoan men, mostly holding axes, and a group of sailors holding musical instruments. Other scenes relating to Stevenson show his house (Vailima), and his tomb on Mount Vaea. Inscriptions: Album page - "From Mr S. Percy Smith" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, leather corners and spine; 37 x 28 cm

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA1-q-223-11-1

Description: Methodist Church at Matafele, Apia, Samoa, circa 1910. A group stands around the doorway and two children are to the left. Photograph taken by Thomas Andrew. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Matafele Church. Samoa. 162. T A \"The origins of Methodism in Samoa date back to 1828, when Tongan preachers arrived, preceding English missionary John Williams by two years. Even today, the Methodist Church is called `Lotu Tonga' - the religion that came from Tonga. \"The district of Matafele, in the heart of Apia, was traditionally the home of the Methodist mission, and the Methodist Church was built there. This original church has now been replaced by a modern one.\" (Caption from National Library exhibition `Va'aomanu' - celebrating the history and culture of Samoa, 1 March - 28 June 1998) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1905

From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PAColl-3062-3-05

Description: London Missionary Society church in Samoa, damaged by lava from the 1905 eruption of Matavanu volcano. Photograph taken by Alfred John Tattersall. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).