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Nukualofa, Tongatabu [Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu]

Object | Part of Photography collection

item details

NameNukualofa, Tongatabu [Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu]
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; July 1884; New Zealand
Alfred Burton; photographer; July 1884; Tongatapu
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.017499
Credit linePurchased 1943

Overview

Foreground shoreline with large tree to left. Sea with a ship to the right with two masts and smoking funnel and in centre large raft floating with eight men standing in water around it.