item details
NamePango-Pango (sic) Harbour - Samoa
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; July 1884; Dunedin
Alfred Burton; photographer; July 1884; Pago Pago Harbor
Alfred Burton; photographer; July 1884; Pago Pago Harbor
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsOverall: 216mm (width), 165mm (height)
Registration NumberC.010425
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
Rocky foreshore with foliage in right foreground, sea with two masted ship and funnel, smoke drifting from it, facing right. Ladder down on ship with people climbing from longboat. High rising mountain in background. Boat is the 'Wairarapa'.