Miscellaneous South Sea Island people and places.
Groups include: boys in canoe; men on beach; girls carrying pig; Miss Bru, French missionary with women, New Caledonia; medical staff. People include: Queen Pomare of Tahiti; Rev Peter Wellock with Mrs Elizabeth Whysall; John Williams illustration; Teehu Makimare, pearl diver from Cook Islands in L...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/South Seas/Photographs/Box 8 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
c. 1900 - c.1970 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/South Seas/Photographs/Box 8 |
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| Summary: |
Groups include: boys in canoe; men on beach; girls carrying pig; Miss Bru, French missionary with women, New Caledonia; medical staff. People include: Queen Pomare of Tahiti; Rev Peter Wellock with Mrs Elizabeth Whysall; John Williams illustration; Teehu Makimare, pearl diver from Cook Islands in London to receive Stanhope Gold medal; Events include: American landing on South Sea Island during Second World War. Places or buildings include: drawing of Papeete, Tahiti; Moorea; Pacific Islanders Congregational church; beach scene; people outside church; church interior. Also includes: drawing of tatooed leg of Marquesan princess; tomb of Queen Pomare; montage of portraits of the Tahitian royal family; date palm. Prints taken by/received from: L Delaporte; Captain Ward; Associated Press; John Taylor; Alfred John Tattersall. |
| Extent: |
30 albumen and silver gelatin prints including carte-de-visite |
| Access status: |
Open |
| File number: |
36 |
| Format: | Archive |