Small group of original photographs taken in the Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen area, German New Guinea, circa 1910.

A$220 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Group of 3 (three) sepia-tone gelatin silver print photographs printed on postcard stock, in 89 x 138 mm format, versos with fully contemporary manuscript captions in German (likely to be in the hand of the photographer) identifying the locations precisely; all are in good condition. These photographs were taken with personal camera and are almost certainly unique images. The captions read as follows: Insel Siar. Männer beim Kaihai (Essen) . (Siar Island. Men at Kaihai (feast)) Männer und Frauen von der Insel Ragetta bei Fr. Wilhelmshafen . (Men and women from Ragetta Island near Friedrich-Wilhemshafen [present-day Madang]). Frauen und Männer von Dampier Island in der Nähe von Fr. W.Hafen . (Women and men from Dampier Island [present-day Karkar Island] in the vicinity of Friedrich-Wilhemshafen).

• Binding: Hardcover

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