Samoa (nation)
Found in 204 Collections and/or Records:
Governor Solf in his native boat, 1910
Landscape format. T.S.S. Tofua in the distance. [Governor being rowed in long boat . Two men in white uniforms at the bow and umbrella held over man in the stern].
Governor Solf in his native boat, 1910
Landscape format.
Governor Solf in his native boat returning to his gunboat, the Cormorant, 1910
Landscape format.
Governor Solfs (of Samoa) Gunboat outside Mulifanua. Tongan Group, 1910
Landscape format. [The Cormorant].
Harbour at Apia, 1885 - 1890
90 x 56 mm oval print. A view looking out to sea from a piece of fairly undistinguished coastline, probably near Apia. Photograph probably by J. Davis.
Harbour at Apia, 1885 - 1890
95 x 57 mm. A view looking across the bay towards the Apia waterfrontage. Photograph probably by J. Davis.
Harbour at Apia, 1885 - 1890
100 x 57 mm. A view looking across the harbour, crowded with anchored sailing ships, with the waterfront premises of Apia partially visible in the background.
Harbour at Apia, 1885 - 1890
79 x 55 mm. oval print. A view looking out to sea from the beach, with sailing ships on the horizon. Photograph probably by J. Davis.
High Chief Mata’afa’s house, Mulinu’u, 1899 - 1900
A view of Mata’afa’s thatched Samoan house, set in a clearing. Print number 28.
H.M. ‘Royalist’ bombarding Apia, ‘Porpoise’ steaming out, 1899-03-15
195 x 144 mm. A view showing ‘Royalist’ at the left of the picture, with smoke issuing from her guns, and ‘Porpoise’ to the right leaving the harbour. This bombardment took place on March 15th, 1899.
House in Manua, 1899 - 1900
Coloured lantern slide showing a typical Samoan house, resting on stout wooden supports and open to the air at ground level, with a thick thatched roof; in front of the house stand a Samoan and a canoe. Print number 12.
Inside fort during the war, 1899
A coloured lantern slide showing warriors posed with their rifles around huts and wooden fortifications during the Samoan Civil War of 1899.
Inside house, Apia, 1899 - 1900
A view showing two women asleep on the floor of a Samoan house, their heads resting on bamboo pillows. This print clearly shows the criss-cross structure of the wooden design. Print number 13.
Interior scene British Consulate, Samoa, 1885 - 1890
155 x 108 mm. A photograph taken in the same room as Y309B/45, and showing a woman reading (Mrs Powell?) with a child (very blurred) seated at the table.
Interior scene British Consulate, Samoa, 1885 - 1890
154 x 107 mm. A view showing two unidentified figures seated in the drawing room, probably of the bungalow seen in Y309B/29-32.
Jungle scene, 1885 - 1890
158 x 107 mm. A view showing stone ruins of some kind standing among jungle vegetation.
Kava bowl, plant, fou, cup, (illegible), Kava, 1899 - 1900
Shows the implements used in making Kava: the wooden bowl for mixing the masticated root, the half-coconut shell cup and the fibres used to strain the drink. Print number 8.
Kava making, 1899 - 1900
A view showing three Samoan girls mixing kava in a bowl. Print number 9.
Kava making utensils, 1885 - 1890
57 x 99 mm. A photograph showing the Kava mixing bowl, a half-coconut shell cup and the fibre used for straining the liquor. See also Y309993A/8 and 9.
Kava making utensils, 1885 - 1890
95 x 64 mm oval print. A view showing the kava mixing bowl, a half-coconut shell cup and kava root, placed on a table. (See also Y309993A/8 and 9).
[King Malietoa Tanu, Samoa], 1899 - 1900
Shows the young king in his coronation uniform. Malietoa Tanu, the Anglo-American candidate for the throne in the war of 1899, was only king for a short time. Crowned on 23 Mar. 1899, he left the next year after the partition of Samoa to continue his education in Fiji. A print of the slide is at Y309C/30.
[Lake in the mountains near Apia], 1899 - 1900
A view looking over palm trees to the crater lake at Lanutoo. No print.
Landing Copra at Mulifanua, 1910
Landscape format. [Bags of copra in rowing boat below side of a ship].
Lieut. Lansdale of USA Warship ‘Philadelphia’ killed by the natives in last war in ’98, 1899 - 1900
A view showing Lieutenant P.V. Landsdale (in white uniform) posing for the camera with a gatling gun crew from an English ship. Landsdale was probably killed during the same action as Angel Freeman of H.M.S. ‘Tauranga’, when an Anglo-American expeditionary force was ambushed on 1st April 1899 (not 1898 as the caption states) outside Apia and seven officers were killed. Print number 32.
Looking out of Pago Pago, 1899 - 1900
A view looking out between palm trees to an island in the harbour mouth. Print number 47.