UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

[R/V Argo approaching Pago Pago]

Notes on American Samoa

A view of Pago Pago harbor, as photographed by a member of the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) during a stopover in American Samoa. January 1953

Letter to His Excellency H. Rex Lee

The sailing yacht \"Whisper\" in Pago Pago Harbor, the crew on board is preparing her sails. Pago Pago, the capital town of American Samoa. It is actually a village that is often mistaken to be a city (as in a capital or port city) of this south Pacific territory of the United States of America. The village is located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the island of Tutuila. Circa 1967

Fala in Western Samoa

Cable to John Kirby

Map of Tutuila Island American Samo

R/V Horizon in Pago Pago harbor, as photographed by a member of the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) during a stopover in American Samoa. January 1953

Automobile on a dirt road near Pagp Pagp, capital city of American Samoa as seen and photographed by a member of the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953). 1953

Walter Heinrich Munk, near the fale he lived and worked in while in American Samoa where he worked to track storm driven waves across the Pacific Ocean using digital equipment in field experiments. 1963

Standing on the bow of a boat is a Samoan native, as photographed by a member of the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) during a stopover in American Samoa. 1953