item details
NameMen loading cargo onto boats. From the album: Cook Islands
ProductionUnknown; photographer; circa 1896; Rarotonga
Classificationblack-and-white prints
Materialssilver
DimensionsSupport: 107mm (height), 154mm (length)
Registration NumberO.025573
Overview
View of a wooden pier, with men loading or unloading cargo onto several boats. A yacht is berthed at the right side of the pier and the mast of another boat is visible behind the pulley system. Two rowboats are tied to the left side of the pier, and two flatbed wagons of goods, running on rails, and their drivers are waiting on the pier. A larger boat is anchored further out to sea.