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

Description: DETAILS: Original Samoan cabinet card photograph of several United States Navy Ships damaged in the Great Samoan Hurricane of 1889 while serving in engaged in the Samoan Civil War. Photographed by Alfred James Tattersall of Apia, Western Samoa. Dated March 1889. Titled After the Hurricane, March, 1889, Apia Samoa, Circa 1890. Measures 12" X 10" inches. Please see item images for further details. The names of the ships are written above: United States Navy gunboat USS Nipsic, the USS Vandalia, German Imperial Navy SMS Olga and the USS 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 the Pacific Island country and its peoples during the colonial era. He was born in Auckland 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 and indigenous people 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 when Britain, Germany and the United States were vying for control of the Samoa Islands. Many of his photographs are significant in the history of Samoa and covered eras such as German Samoa (1900 - 1914) followed by the country's administration under New Zealand which saw the rise of the pro-independence Mau movement. Oxxbridge Galleries Established 1987 Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper items with a large selection of historical and 19th Century tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards as well as other types of early photography. We invite everyone to visit our ebay store to view our entire inventory. Add us to your Favorites list Visit Our eBay Store: Oxxbridge Galleries

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