IDNO

T.150775.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "213 S.P. New Guinea (35mm color)." [Poignant's manuscript]
"20. Street scenes, Port Moresby." [Poignant's typed text]

Street scene in Ports Moresby with a group standing around a book sale from a table outside the cinema. Roslyn Poignant is closest to the camera. [JD 26/07/2023]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Port Moresby

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Roslyn Poignant

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre August 1969

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.148696.RPT - T.152693.RPT were located in the drawer file of transparency sheets, numbered C1021/.

T.150763.RPT - T.150786.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/89.

Facebook Publication: Image published in 'PNG, Photo History, Taim Bipo' group, 19 February 2023, and captioned: "Another Port Moresby street scene from 1969. Looks like there was a book sale going on and the cinema was showing "Carry On up the Khyber". Photo by Axel Poignant, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology."
341 Likes; 21 Comments. [Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/271260592950820/search/?q=poignant, JD 26/07/2023]