Vaisigano River

Date: [Circa 1892 to 1894]

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

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

Date: [Circa 1930s]

By: Williams, Percy N, active 1930s; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PA1-o-535

Description: Photograph album compiled by Percy N Williams who was Chief Clerk in the Public Works Department in Western Samoa ca 1930-1935. Includes photographs of village scenes, and construction projects, some of which were taken by A J Tattersall (photographers). Scenes of road construction show rolling coral, and a bitumen heater; there are also views of dam construction; and construction of school buildings at Vaipouli. Two images show a huge log labelled "External Affairs, No. 1, Wellington, NZ" There are two views of a tombstone commemorating Anthony Kolar who died on November 29, 1929 (cabin boy on the yacht "Carnegie") Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album covered with tapa cloth; 26.5 x 30.5 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs B J Morris, Wellington, 1980

Date: Between 1889 and 1891

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Davis, John, -1893

Reference: PA1-o-544

Description: Images of life and events in colonial Samoa, in part taken by John Davis, and also by Thomas Berry Cusack Smith. Images include Samoan Siva dancers led by Leata Lepetimoni; the German warship HIGMS Alexandrine saluting King Malietoa in 1890; consecrating a memorial to German sailors on 4th January 1891; the wedding of Blanche Yandall to Alfred John Tattersall; portraits of Cusack Smith's wife Winifred and daughter Maia; and general scenes in Samoa. Album compiled by Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith while posted as British Consul to Samoa between 1890 and 1898. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black covered album, 25 x 29.5 cm

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: 1868-1898

Reference: 1/2-066499-F

Description: Toll bridge across the Vaisinago River at Apia, Samoa. Mt Vaea is in the background. The sign reads `No-one is allowed to pass unless upon payment'. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers between 1868 and 1898. This bridge formed the entrance to Apia from the east. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [19--]

From: Hunt, Alice Suisana, 1925- : Papers relating to Arthur Aris King and James Baxter Fleck

Reference: MS-Papers-6752-02

Description: Two postcards giving a panoramic view of Apia from the eastern point of the bay. The bridge over the Vaisigano River is just visible above the left hand lights. Vaea Mountain is in the middle distance Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Two postcards