NEW CALEDONIA - TAHITI - TONGA ISLANDS - AUSTRALIA - HAWAÏ - - Lot 72

NEW CALEDONIA - TAHITI - TONGA ISLANDS - AUSTRALIA - HAWAÏ - FIDJI ISLANDS - CHARLES GUSTAVE SPITZ (act.1870-1880) - ARTHUR BAESSLER 1857-1907 New Caledonia: Saint-Louis mission: mission church, Saint-Joseph cathedral in Nouméa, reception of officers by the sisters, mission courtyard, Kanak village, settlers and natives in the property of Queen Hortense (Kânédje), Pierre Papinaud in Huahiné (Leeward Islands); Tahiti: Papeete cathedral, men wearing old costumes, man wearing Tahitian costume for the July 14 holiday in 1895, men hoisting a white ball at the semaphore to announce the arrival of mail from France; Sydney: jetty and ships, governor's residence; Tonga Islands: King of Tonga George Tupou II; Hawaii: Bishop of Honolulu, dean of missionaries and French consul Louis Vossion; Fiji Islands: Fijian chiefs with man preparing kava, ca.1880-1900. Photographs. 19 prints, including 8 albumin, 10 citrate and 1 silver. An empty period album is included. Images: 7.7 x 11.7 cm to 24.4 x 18.2 cm