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Pango-Pango (sic), Samoa. The fair "Sauimatini"

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NamePango-Pango (sic), Samoa. The fair "Sauimatini"

ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; 23 July 1884; Dunedin
Alfred Burton; photographer; 23 July 1884; Pago Pago Harbor

Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates

Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative

Techniquesgelatin dry plate process, black-and-white photography

Registration NumberC.017475

Credit linePurchased 1943

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Category

Made of: silver
photographic gelatin
sheet glass
photographic plates
Type of: black-and-white negatives
gelatin dry plate negatives
Depicts: Bays (Bodies of water)
Women
Canoes
Indigenous peoples
Beaches
Hills
Palms
Sāmoan
Technique used: gelatin dry plate process
black-and-white photography

Place

Made in: Dunedin (New Zealand)
Pago Pago Harbor (American Sāmoa)
Depicts: Pago Pago Harbor (American Sāmoa)

People & Organisations

Made by: Burton Brothers
Alfred Burton