Album 1, 1925-1926

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File Add. 8824/1

Content Summary:

Photographs taken by Paine in 1925-26 while travelling from England to Fiji, including his journey across Canada and his stay in Hawaii, and during his first year in Fiji. The subjects of the Hawiian photographs include individuals whom Paine met, picnics, mountains and other landscapes, and Hawaiian fishermen. The Fijian photographs were taken at Suva, the Ra coast, Ovalau, Lautoka Ba, Viti Levu, Caboni, Navua, Namosi, Waimanu and Beqa. They depict various Europeans and Fijians, coconuts destroyed by the Levuana moth, defoliation of palm trees, dying palms, young coconuts, towns and villages, hill stations, the insectory at Suva, houses, canoes, an Indian shrine at Navua, the burial ground at Beqa, estates, picnic parties, mountains, rivers and other scenic views.

Among the individuals who appear in the photographs are J.D. Tothill and T.H.C. Taylor. Taylor was recruited at the same time as Paine and was sent to New Guinea and Malaya to search for parasites that might combat the Levuana moth.

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M2727

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