Summary
Negative depicting thatched building under construction, 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
Two men standing in front of a partially constructed grass building.
Physical Description
Black and white cellulose acetate negative.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
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Format
Negative, Black & White
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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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Image Dimensions - Negative/s
104 mm (Width), 79 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Construction Sites, Exterior Views, Huts, Palm Trees, People, Trees, Pacific Islands
