UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

Children--Samoa

Samoan boats and natives in Pago Pago harbor as photographed by a member of the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) during a stopover in American Samoa. 1953

Marge Bradner, wife to Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Hugh Bradner, she sailed and helped him with his scientific voyage. Later she would write about her experiences, titled \"Seismic Summer: the story of eleven men and one woman sailing across the South Pacific to study the quivering sea floor.\" She explained this photo as \"Oehr, The Swains plantation manager, and his family.\" Circa 1963

Information on American Samoa

R/V Spencer F. Baird moored at a dock in American Samoa

American Samoa

Aerial photo taken of the research ship R/V Argo (in center), while stationed in port in the Pago Pago Harbor. Pago Pago is 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

R/V Spencer F. Baird (Ship), moored at a dock in American Samoa located in the South Pacific Ocean, during the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953). January 1953

Teletype American Embassy Paris advises... DTG 052310Z

Traditional Samoan thatch hut \"fales\" in 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

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

Excerpts from letter of Roger Revelle