Days Gone By

Jun 24 2012
12:18 pm

Midway Atoll, 24 November 1941.

Posted 12 months ago
#1940s #wwII #world war II #navy base #midway #midway atoll #south pacific #vintage #island #history

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Jun 23 2012
8:52 pm

Alfred John Tattersall, Mount Matavanu volcanic eruption, Savai’i island in Samoa, 1905.

Posted 12 months ago
#1900s #vintage #history #alfred john tattersall #samoa #south pacific #volcano #eruption #natural disaster

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Jun 23 2012
1:14 pm

Robert Falcon Scott and his wife Kathleen, on Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand, 1910.

Source: National Library of New Zealand

Posted 12 months ago
#1910s #new zealand #south pacific #vintage #portrait #history #robert falcon scott #lyttelton harbour

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Jun 21 2012
9:27 pm

Alfred John Tattersall, A church of the London Missionary Society in Samoa damaged by lava on the island of Savai’i, 1905.

Posted 12 months ago
#1900s #alfred john tattersall #vintage #history #church #samoa #polynesia #south pacific #eruption #natural disaster

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Jun 19 2012
1:07 pm

Thomas Andrew, Exiled Samoan leader Lauaki Namulauulu Mamoe, 1902.

Posted 1 year ago
#1900s #thomas andrew #vintage #portrait #history #samoa #south pacific #polynesia #polynesians #lauaki mamoe

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Jun 17 2012
11:06 pm

Thomas Andrew, Back view of Samoan male with traditional tattoo (pe’a), 1890s.

Posted 1 year ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #tattoo #tattoos #thomas andrew #samoa #polynesia #polynesians #south pacific

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Jun 17 2012
2:15 am

Thomas Andrew, Burial and grave of writer Robert Louis Stevenson on Mount Vaea in Samoa, 1894.

Posted 1 year ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #history #funeral #burial #robert louis stevenson #thomas andrew #samoa #south pacific #writer #polynesia #polynesians

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Jun 16 2012
8:27 am

Thomas Andrew, Volcanic eruption of Mount Matavanu on Savai’i island in Samoa, 1905.

Posted 1 year ago
#1900s #thomas andrew #vintage #history #eruption #volcano #mount matavanu #samoa #south pacific

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Jun 16 2012
7:44 am

Alfred John Tattersall, Traditional Samoan fale in Mulinu’u village, Upolu island, Samoa, ca. 1900.

Posted 1 year ago
#1900s #alfred john tattersall #samoa #south pacific #vintage #hsitory #huts

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Jun 15 2012
11:22 am

Alfred John Tattersall, German, British and American warships in Apia harbour, Samoa, 1899.

Posted 1 year ago
#1890s #19th century #victorian #alfred john tattersall #south pacific #apia #samoa #warships #battleships #vintage #history

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