Item MM 113855 Negative - Two Thatched Buildings, Pacific Islands, circa 1930s

Summary

Negative depicting two thatched buildings, taken in the Pacific Islands in the 1930s. 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.

Description of Content

Exterior view of two large grass buildings. A man and a woman are pictured infront of buildings.

Physical Description

Black and white cellulose acetate negative.