Summary
Glass negative depicting tourists outside a thatched building. 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
A group of tourists stand in front and to the right of a large grass thatched building.
Physical Description
Black and white glass negative.
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Format
Negative, Black & White
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Image Dimensions - Negative/s
108 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Exterior Views, Gardens, Huts, Palm Trees, People, Tourists, Travel & Tourism, Trees, Pacific Islands