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Captain Cook Memorial, Kealakeakua Bay, Hawaii, circa 1890
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Captain Cook Memorial, Kealakeakua Bay, Hawaii, circa 1890 |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y309992A |
| Creator |
Davis, S H, fl 1890 |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1890 |
| Extent and Medium |
6 images in 1 box and 1 envelope; glass negative; photographs; Fair condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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S.H. Davis was possibly an amateur photographer. No further information is available.
A collection of three glass plate negatives measuring 215 x 165 mm, briefly captioned and signed by the photographer, S.H. Davis. Modern prints have been made from the negatives.
Included in the collection is a letter from Sir Benjamin Stone, written from the House of Commons and dated March 8 1906, which thanks the addressee, a Mr H.N. Fincham, for the photographs and suggests donating the negatives to the Royal Colonial Institute. The prints he writes, will be placed 'in my collection with much satisfaction, and pleasure' (a reference to the National Photographic Records Association, a body which Stone instituted and of which he was President).
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Captain Cook Memorial, Kealakeakua Bay, Hawaii, circa 1890, Y309992A |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
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| Index Terms |
| Hawaiian Islands |
| North and Central America |
| Oceania |
| United States |
| Davis, S H (fl 1890) |
| RCS/Y309992A contains: |
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Kealakeakua Bay. Cooks monument in foreground. 202 x 155 mm. A view showing the monument to Captain Cook, with Kealakeakua Bay in background. It was near this spot that Cook was killed on February 14 1779. Four marines also died in the fight.
Creator: Davis, S H, fl 1890.
Good condition apart from small damaged patch in negative emulsion at bottom of print.. |
circa 1890 |
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Cooks monument, near the spot he met his death. 151 x 197 mm. A close up view of the Cook monument, surrounded by a white wooden fence.
Creator: Davis, S H, fl 1890.
Good condition, apart from small tear in print.. |
circa 1890 |
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Water found in foreground that in which Cook was held till he died. 148 x 197 mm. A view from the water showing the beach in the foreground, a small white hut and the memorial with cliffs in the background.
Creator: Davis, S H, fl 1890.
Good condition, apart form some marks on the negative.. |
circa 1890 |
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