Summary
Lantern slide depicting thatched building under construction. Although the location of this image is unknown, it appears to depict a building of a style traditionally constructed in Samoa. In Samoa, Tonga and Fiji the word fale is used for traditional style houses.
Part of a collection of 55 photographic lantern slides, glass negatives and acetate negatives of travel images taken in the Pacific Islands, probably in the late 1930s. The slide is numbered '9'.
Description of Content
Two men standing in front of a partially constructed grass building.
Physical Description
Photographic image in between two glass plates, paper frame inserted in between glass plates, strips of paper stuck around edges.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
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Format
Lantern Slide, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Handwritten in grey pencil on white paper adhered to glass plate: '9'
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Classification
Building & construction, Residential buildings, Home building
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Construction Sites, Exterior Views, Huts, Palm Trees, People, Trees, Lantern Slides, Pacific Islands
