IDNO

P.99675.VH

Description

“Ovalau Island; Levuka, Pine Apple Creek.” [von Hügel’s caption]

View from hill top of the colonial village of Vangandathe on the shore of Ovalau Island, showing colonial-style buildings and a yacht anchored in the harbour. In the middle of the village is ‘Pine Apple Creek’, with the rocky projection called ‘Pine Apple Rock’. Levuka is situated in the next bay behind Pine Apple Rock. [JD 26/3/2008, from record P.103573.VH, JD 7/12/2011]

Physical Condition: Faded and yellowing. [JD 26/3/2008]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka; Vangandathe; Pine Apple Rock

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1874 - 1878

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99674.VH to P.99724.VH are in A.174.VH. The album was formerly kept in paper archive Large Box G; VH1/4/5. It has now been transferred to the photo archive. The lists describing the contents of this box have been returned to the Paper Archive.

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 7/12/2011]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [A. Nadin, 4/9/2003]