In Samoa (at the British Consulate?) with Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith. They took photographs of each other in 1890. (Turnbull Library Photographic Archives, Cusack Smith album I, p42-43, PA1-o-124)
Samuells, W L (Colonel), active 1890
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Cusack Smith album 3
Date: Between 1889 and 1894
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
By: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929; Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939
Reference: PA1-q-274
Description: Images of life and events in colonial Samoa during the time Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith was British Consul, between 1889 and 1898. Several images show the interior of a church, in which Cusack Smith carved several panels. Some of the photographs were taken by Cusack Smith, others by Thomas Andrew (including one of Cusack Smith (British consul), William Blacklock (US consul), and Herr Biermann (German consul), all on horseback), some by unidentified photographers. Included are portraits of his wife Winifred Cusack Smith, and daughter Maia; a series showing various performers in a play "Uncle" written by Henry James Byron; several of a hunting trip taken by Cusack Smith and his family; a scene of lawn tennis; followed by various newspaper cuttings talking about the political scene in Samoa in 1894. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown covered album, 38 x 28 cm
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Cusack Smith album 1
Date: 1886 - 1891
From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa
By: Bowker, H W, active 1880s; Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929; Cutchey, C C, active 1890s; Samuells, W L (Colonel), active 1890
Reference: PA1-o-543
Description: Photographs taken in the district around Loughton (Essex, England), including wedding scenes of the marriage of Thomas Berry Cusack Smith and Winifred (nee Maitland) in 1896, and later, scenes with their young daughter Maia Wilhemina Cusack Smith. The latter part of the album includes images of life and events in colonial Samoa during the time T B Cusack Smith was posted there as British consul, with views of the consulate, general views of Samoa, and portraits of several Samoan dignitaries. Several scenes show various performers at the British consulate in a farce by John Maddison Morton. As well, one photograph shows the unveiling of a statue of Queen Victoria at the Legislative Council Buildings in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) in July 1890. At the end of the album there are a number of images of Cambridge and Dresden, circa 1889. Many of the photographs were taken by Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, but some are identified as being taken by professional photographer C C Cutchey (Loughton), and by friends in Samoa, H W Bowker, and Colonel W L Samuells. Inscriptions: Album page - "Winifred Cusack-Smith. Easter 1889. The Shaws" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue album, 25 x 29.5 cm