Photograph of Wedding Ceremony in Pago Pago, American Samoa

black-and-white photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Dillon, R.A. (Dr.)
American Samoa, Tutuila, Pago Pago
April-May 1940
paper
overall: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.

Black and white photograph 2 3/4in x 2 3/4in. Reverse inscription: “447”; “R A Dillon” (stamp; blue ink). Followed by a small group, a man and woman walk side-by-side toward the camera on a sandy road. Clothing undoubtedly suggests a wedding ceremony between the two in the center of the frame. A child stands on the side of the road looking towards the camera and several thatch-roofed huts (fales or faleo’o) are visible in the background. See also: 2010.11.934-2010.11.935, 2010.11.937, 2010.11.939-2010.11.942, 2010.11.946. Date and location not provided, but context and inventory number (447) suggest Pago Pago, American Samoa, April/May 1940.

2010.11.938