Album of Photographs of Tahiti

Title

Album of Photographs of Tahiti

Date

c. 1880

Format

Description

An unknown traveler created this album of photos of Tahiti in the late 19th century. It includes landscapes, prominent buildings, activities including copra making and spear fishing, and studio portraits of Tahitians. Early photographic images of Pacific Islanders inform our understanding of European concepts and stereotypes of island people.

Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)

30 mounted photographic prints

Is Part Of

Pacific Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

Page Location

46