Automobiles - Samoa

Date: [Between 1905 and 1936]

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951; Crown Studios (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-445

Description: Photographs of Samoa taken between 1905 and 1936, some taken by Samoan photographer Alfred James Tattersall, many by unidentified photographers. One photograph is not related to the rest, showing two young women flautists from Highcliff School, Dunedin, winners of a Dunedin competition in 1918 (P 90) The earliest ones, taken in 1905, show the damage caused by a volcanic eruption, and show lava pouring into the sea. The rest of the images are related to Donald Alexander John Rutherford, headmaster at Ifi Ifi School (Leififi School) from 1919, becoming Superintendent of Schools from 1923 to 1936. There are many scenes which include his family, with his wife and four children (including Alexander Mathieson Rutherford). Many of the scenes show school activities, including the ceremonies surrounding the opening of the new school at Avele; the schools at Malifa, at Ifi Ifi, Poutasi, Aleipata and other districts; sports teams; school parades, including boy scouts linked with the schools; and groups of teachers, both European and Samoan. General views of Samoa include the construction of a fale, the interior of a fale; fishing; cocoa beans and their harvesting and drying; copra industry, with Solomon Island workers; and sowing cotton seed. Several images show the celebrations for George V's birthday; school breakup feasts; and the farewell flotilla of canoes when the Rutherford family left Samoa in 1936. Social activities of the Europeans in Samoa include tennis, large groups of bowlers, and garden parties at Vailima, the Governor's residence. Inscriptions: Album page - "The Rutherford Family, November 30th 1936 ... Sae-Tupe" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1930

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2082-F

Description: Two small panoramic negatives. Taken by Robert Percy Moore in Samoa (A) A large number of girls and yound women are seated in groups on the ground in front of a large two-storeyed building with verandahs on both floors. Several other buildings with rolled-up blinds are on the right. Two cars are parked near the house and a group of about eight men and women are looking on. (B) View of the waterfront at Apia with a road along the waterfront on the right and the wreck of the German ship Adler on the far left. Looking through a row of trees to several buildings in front of a long line of palms on the far side of the harbour. One of a set originally labelled P76 to P82. This one P82. They all appeared to be part of a sequence of R P Moore panoramic negatives which fit between Pan-2075 and Pan-2083. Identified as Moore's from others taken in in similar locations or with marginal notes in his script. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negatives 23.6 x 48.1 cm (A); 18.2 x 55.2 cm (B)

Date: [ca1923]

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

Reference: PAColl-3799-23

Description: Exterior view of the Overseas Club, Apia, Samoa. The upper veranda is crowded with Europeans, and two cars are parked in front of the building. Photographed by Alfred John Tattersall in about 1923. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Overseas Club rooms Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 24 x 19 cm

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2425-F

Description: Panoramic view Taken by Robert Percy Moore across an expansive lawn with a driveway leading from right to the large two-storeyed wooden Villa Vailima near Apia, Samoa. Central part with wings on either side, all with verandahs on both floors. Union Jack flying from a flagpole in the centre of the verandah upstairs. Two women are sitting on a garden seat at the foot of a tall tree centre left. Car parked outside the building on the right. Three men walking towards the camera on the right. Bush-clad hill on the far right, and trees and gardens on the far left. Tall palm tree near the building in the centre right of the image. The photograph was published in the 'Auckland Weekly News' on 28 June 1923 p.43. and credited as "New Zealand Government Publicity photo". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negatives 24.7 x 95.8 cm Processing information: Record updated 7 July 2023 with date and publication information supplied by a researcher.