Set of photographs of groups and places in Samoa by Tattersall's Studia, Apia, Samoa.

Groups include: female students and teachers standing outside and on veranda of ?Papauta school; meeting of Deputation, 20 October 1915 outside Mr [?Harry Strong] Griffin's house, Malua [Theological College]; Samoan women seated on veranda [possibly of Papauta school] sewing with female missionaries; large group of Samoan men and missionary [possibly James Sibree] seated and standing around central Samoan woman; Samoan brass band musicians seated around missionary [possibly Griffin] with musical instruments; trained Grade II LMS teachers with Rev [Harold] Darvill on refresher course 1925; students outside Papuata girls school c.1945. Activites include: group of Samoans felling timber by coast; Samoan carpenters in workshop. Events include: raising the British flag outside the court house 1914; unveiling John Williams memorial, Api; unveiling of the Centenary monument, Fiti leads the cheering. Places or buildings include: interior of Leulumomega school [duplicate of mounted photograph in South Seas Photographs File 4]; mission buildings and churches; interior of Jubilee Hall, Malua [Theological College]; desk inside Papauta school chapel. Also includes: plaque congratulating Queen Victoria on 60 year Jubilee 1837 to 1897. Prints taken by: [Alfred John] Tattersall.

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Copyright held by Alfred John Tattersall [d.1951] New Zealand copyright expired (50 years after death) but Samoan copyright still in force (75 years after death). Tattersall photographs common and used freely in New Zealand. Business bought by Messrs H & J Retzlaff of Apia, Samoa c.1949, but negatives destroyed in 1966 hurricane.