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Apia (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

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[Apia from the harbour], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/19
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '28/9' next to '19. Lighthouse painted with red light at night one higher up behind, mariners to get both in line to avoid reef'.

Dates: 1903
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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Apia from the sea, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/54
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157 x 102 mm. A view of the water-frontage at Apia similar to Y309B/42 but showing more coastline at the right of the picture.

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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Apia from the sea, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/42
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138 x 104 mm. A view showing part of the water frontage at Apia, with jungle and hills beyond.

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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[Apia, graves of sailors, late war], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/52
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196 x 142 mm. A view showing a small shaded graveyard with the graves of British and American seamen killed in the Civil War of 1899.

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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Apia, graves of sailors, late war, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/53
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235 x 177 mm. Another photograph of the same graveyard, but taken in greater close-up than Y309C/52. This photograph is taken at an earlier date but in fact contains more graves. Some of the sailors were exhumed for reburial in a memorial tomb. Photograph stamped J. Davis, whose business was taken over by Tattersall in 1903.

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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Apia, Samoa, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/41
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200 x 142 mm. A view looking along a street in Apia, with Samoans in the street or sitting by the roadside. At the left of the picture stands the ‘Club Hotel’, with the ‘Tivoli’ visible at the end of the street.

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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Apia, Samoa, from the sea, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/80
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196 x 139 mm. A view looking towards the shore from the harbour with the village stretching along the shoreline and jungle and hills beyond. Prominent on the shore is the stone church. Apia is situated on Upolu Island in Western Samoa and after Pango-Pango is the most important harbour in the Samoan Islands. See also Y309993A and Y309C.

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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Bow of German ship ‘Eber’, 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/23
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A view showing the beached remains of the ‘Eber’ in the foreground, with ‘Trenton’ and other wrecks beyond, and men clearing debris in Apia Harbour. Print number 26.

Dates: 1889
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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British Consulate, Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/86
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141 x 103 mm. A view of the bungalow featured in Y309B/29-30 with figures standing on the balcony.

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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British Consulate, Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/27
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185 x 133 mm. A view showing a small bungalow set on a low hill, with two women standing on the verandah. The flag pole in front of the house confirms an official function, although by 1899 this building was not the consulate (see Y309993A/36 for a photograph of the British Consulate during the war of 1899, a picture from another part of Wilfred Powell’s collection).

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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British consulate, Apia, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/36A
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A view showing the British consultate a small wooden bungalow set among palm trees in its own garden. Print number 36.

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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British Consulate (Apia), Samoa, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/33
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158 x 106 mm. Showing Powell’s two children in the garden, and two other figures.

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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Chief girl, Apia, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/40
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A full length studio portrait of an unidentified Samoan girl wearing a small headdress and a flax skirt. She was Tamasese’s wife (see Y309C, introduction). Print number 5.

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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[Fishing in Apia harbour], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/50
Scope and Contents

Smithson has pencilled '24/11' next to '50. Fishing in harbour. Apia'.

Dates: 1903
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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Garden of British Consulate, Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/32
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149 x 107 mm. A view showing three unidentified Europeans and a child in the garden adjoining the bungalow. The child is probably either Powell’s daughter or son being held by the nurse (see Y309B/35). Probably taken on the same occasion as Y309B/31.

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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Garden of British Consulate, Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/31
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149 x 107 mm. A view showing three unidentified Europeans and a child in the garden adjoining the bungalow. The child is probably either Powell’s daughter or son being held by the nurse (see Y309B/35).

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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German Governor’s House, Apia, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/52
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A view from the roadway, looking towards the two storey wooden building of the German Governor. Print number 34.

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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Government offices, Apia, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/51
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A view showing the German consulate, a single storey wooden building in the foreground, with another unidentified bungalow beyond. Print number 35.

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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Harbour at Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/65
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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.

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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Harbour at Apia, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/66
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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.

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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H.M. ‘Royalist’ bombarding Apia, ‘Porpoise’ steaming out, 1899-03-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/42
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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.

Dates: 1899-03-15
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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Inside house, Apia, 1899 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993A(LS)/27
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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.

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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Interior scene British Consulate, Samoa, 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/45
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154 x 107 mm. A view showing two unidentified figures seated in the drawing room, probably of the bungalow seen in Y309B/29-32.

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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[Road at Mulinu'u, Apia], 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/75
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Smithson has pencilled '24/9' next to '75. Road at Mulinuu Vaea Mountain'.

Dates: 1903
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
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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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