Oct 22, 2009 - Sale 2191

Sale 2191 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(SOUTH SEAS)
Choice selection of approximately 80 images of indigenous peoples of Tahiti, Samoa, and New Zealand, the U.S.S. Mohican and other naval ships as well as the aftermath of a typhoon at Apia, Samoa (March 15-16, 1889). Albumen prints, from 3 1/2x2 to 9 1/2x7 1/2 inches (8.9x5.1 to 24.1x19.1 cm.), and the reverse; many are mounted. 1889

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The U.S.S. Mohican was assigned to patrol the Pacific Squadron along the coasts of Mexico, Tahiti, Samoa, New Zealand and Easter Island.