Bernhardt Otto Holtermann Samoan photographs, ca. 1879
Bernhardt Otto Holtermann Samoan photographs, ca. 1879
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1879
Call Numbers
PXB 751
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
18 photographic prints - 19 x 23 cm or smaller - gelatin silver, albumen
12 photographic prints - 10.5 x 14 cm or smaller - gelatin silver, albumen
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
30 photographs, some titled in German, showing views and group portraits including images of Apia, International Hotel, Apia; Prisoners from Savoi / Lavoi ?; Views on board the Bismarck; Catholic Mission … [group portrait] and Pago Pago Harbour
Alternative Titles
Full title
Bernhardt Otto Holtermann Samoan photographs, ca. 1879
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
"Photographs given to Bernard [i.e. Bernhardt] Otto Holtermann by his friend the Captain of the German warship Bismark, probably 1880" -- on envelope
Attributions / Conjectures
The pencil inscription stating that the photographs were given to Holtermann by the Captain of the Bismarck (Capt Deinhardt) is entirely possible. The photographs of Samoa were probably by Apia photographer John Davis.
The German warship HIMS Bismarck arrived in Sydney from Samoa on 24 August 1879. Co-incidentally, B.O. Holtermann and his famil...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by B. O. Holtermann (grandson of Bernhardt Otto Holtermann, 1838-1885), May 1955
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 751
Record Identifier
n5lVR3w9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVR3w9
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Reference code
1094424
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