US Navy Samoa Civil War 1890 USS Trenton USS Vandalia, USS Nipsic Cabinet Card For Sale

DETAILS:Original Samoan cabinetcard photograph of several United States Navy Ships damaged in the Great Samoan Hurricane of1889 while serving in engaged in the Samoan Civil War. Photographed by Alfred James Tattersall of Apia, Western Samoa. Dated March 1889. TitledAfter the Hurricane, March, 1889, ApiaSamoa, Circa 1890.Measures12\" X 10\" inches. Please see item images for further details.

Thenames of the shipsare written above:United States Navy gunboat USS Nipsic, the USS Vandalia, German Imperial Navy SMSOlga and theUSS Trenton.

Alfred James Tattersall(1866–1951) was a New Zealand photographer who lived in Samoa for most of his life and contributed a significant collection of images of thePacific Islandcountry and its peoples during thecolonialera. He was born inAuckland in 1866 and moved to Samoa in 1886 to work as an assistant in the studio of John Davis. This was the era of colonial photography in the South Pacific when the tropical landscapes andindigenouspeople provided \'continual fascination\' for foreign photographers. When Davis died in 1893 Tattersall took over his studio.He went on to photograph events in Samoa including the volatile era whenBritain,Germanyand theUnited Stateswere vying for control of theSamoa Islands. Many of his photographs are significant in thehistory of Samoaand covered eras such asGerman Samoa(1900 - 1914) followed by the country\'s administration underNew Zealandwhich saw the rise of the pro-independenceMau movement.

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