Vintage Portrait - Washington DC - Smithsonian exhibits model of new

Step back in time with this striking reproduction of Smithsonian exhibits model of new cultural center for Samoan Islanders. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Sourced from the United States Library of Congress.

Library of Congress record: Created 1939 November 15 Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at Smithsonian exhibits model of new cultural center for Samoan Islanders. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Down in the Island of American Samoa the natives quite firmly believe that no white man can master their architecture and manner of construction without glue, pegs, or nails. Lt. Comdr. P.J. Halloran, U.S.N. assigned to the island, set about studying their methods of construction by tying all members of the building together with grass rope, and became so thoroughly familiar with it that he supervised construction of a native library for.

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