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Samoa (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 204 Collections and/or Records:

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[Samoan chief and son], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/64
Scope and Contents

125 x 194 mm. A studio portrait, with a painted jungle background, showing a seated, unidentified chief, with his son standing beside him holding a rifle.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan child, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/83
Scope and Contents

57 x 99 mm. A studio portrait of a seated Samoan girl, with flowers in her hair.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan child, girl, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/45
Scope and Contents

A full length studio portrait of a seated Samoan child. Print number 1.

Dates: 1899 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Samoan family at home], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/73
Scope and Contents

157 x 110 mm. A view showing the interior of a Samoan house, with a man, woman and two children sitting on the floor.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan girl, 1889 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/41
Scope and Contents

Coloured lantern slide studio portrait of a seated Samoan girl. Print number 6.

Dates: 1889 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan girl, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/78
Scope and Contents

58 x 100 mm. A studio portrait of a Samoan girl holding a fan.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan girl, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/79
Scope and Contents

58 x 99 mm. A studio portrait of a Samoan girl wearing a belt of leaves.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan girl, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/82
Scope and Contents

58 x 96 mm. A studio portrait of a Samoan girl with plaited hair.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan House, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/28
Scope and Contents

139 x 101 mm. A view showing a characteristic Samoan house, with thatched roof, and walls partially hung with woven palm mats. A wooden canoe stands in front of the house.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Samoan house], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/71
Scope and Contents

145 x 95 mm. A view showing a small wooden house with a corrugated iron roof.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan male, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/77
Scope and Contents

57 x 99 mm. A studio portrait of a Samoan male, wearing a boar’s teeth necklace and an ornate headdress.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Samoan man], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/48
Scope and Contents

82 x 57 mm. An amateur snapshot showing a Samoan man in a loin cloth standing in a garden.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan ornaments, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/74
Scope and Contents

58 x 99 mm. A photograph showing carved Samoan hair ornaments, arranged in a pattern.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan siva or dance, Apia, 1889 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/42
Scope and Contents

A view showing three rows of Samoan men posed in a dance position In ‘Pearls of the Pacific’, where this photograph appears as an illustration, entitled ‘War drill’. Print number 17.

Dates: 1889 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan troops under European command, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/67
Scope and Contents

195 x 130 mm. A view showing two rows of men armed with rifles, in front of whom stand two Europeans in command (one of whom wears an English sailor’s shirt). This contingent is probably part of the force of followers of Malietoa Tanu who were brought to Apia from Savai’I and Tutuila to be trained in the war against Mata’afa.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan Village, near Apia, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/82
Scope and Contents

196 x 142 mm. A group portrait of five Samoan girls, standing in front of a hut, and wearing patterned skirts.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan Village, Pango-Pango, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/78
Scope and Contents

194 x 141 mm. A view showing two men posing for the camera among palm trees and grass huts. Pango-Pango, with its fine natural harbour, is situated at the southern end of the island of Tutuila, American Samoa. See also Y309993A/46-53.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Samoan villagers], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/59
Scope and Contents

156 x 110 mm. A view showing a group of Samoans, probably copra workers, in a fenced-off open space in a village.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan War Canoe, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/12
Scope and Contents

A view showing the large wooden craft. This boat was the last war canoe in existence, and was presented to the German Emperor. Print number 19.

Dates: 1899 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan warrior, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/76
Scope and Contents

57 x 99 mm. A studio portrait of a Samoan male seated and holding a serrated club.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan warrior, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/80
Scope and Contents

58 x 99 mm. A studio portrait of a kneeling Samoan man holding a club similar to that seen in Y309B/76.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan woman, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/75
Scope and Contents

58 x 98 mm. A studio portrait of a Samoan woman, carrying a (fishing?) net over her shoulder.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan women, near Apia, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/83
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140 x 192 mm. A portrait of five Samoan women and girls of varying ages standing in front of a house.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoan women, near Apia, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/84
Scope and Contents

202 x 140 mm. A very similar view to Y3089D/83 with the same figures standing in the same positions, but taken from a greater distance and showing the whole of the house behind them.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Samoans and river scene, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/61
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100 x 58 mm. A view showing a shallow river, with Samoans standing in the river, and two manning a small outrigger canoe.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).