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 Marshall Islands Historical Imagescompiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
Contents: EnvironmentTraditional Culture--
Customs,
Canoes,
Dress,
Houses,
Mats,
Tattooes,
Varia Persons --
Irooj,
General,
GermansColonial Period--
Government,
Architecture (German),
Architecture (Japanese),
Colonial Health System,
Transportation,
Settlement pattern and village lay-out,
Mission Life,
Phosphate production
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Photograph of a Marshallese korkor canoe in Jaluit, probably pre 1905.
Jaluit Harbour before the typhoon of 1905 with canoes
Canoes in Jaluit Harbour
Traditional Canoe (etching).
Traditional Canoe (colour lithograph).
Traditional Voyaging Canoe at Jaluit Atoll.
Canoe off the island of Airõk, Maoleolap Atoll
Canoe off the island of Airõk, Maoleolap Atoll (detail)
Traditional Canoe (Seen from top) (drawn 1821 by Choris)
A walap on the lagoonal beach, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
Traditional Canoe (drawn 1821 by Choris)
Traditional Canoe (on Jaluit, photographed in 1895)
Traditional Canoe (korkor) in the lagoon
Traditional Canoe. With canoes in Jaluit Lagoon in the background
Traditional Canoe and House on Nauru
Making a Traditional Canoe, with traditional houses in the background (Jaluit).
Deck of the Benak Note the traditional canoe deck shelters, new used on the European vessel
Sketch of a stickchart contained in Nelu's logbook
"Pro-Volant des Iles Mulgrave (Ocèanie)" Traditional Canoe of Mile (1866 colour etching) by Charles Meryon (1821--1868)
Walap in Jaluit Lagoon. Note the deck houses on the outrigger platforms.
Traditional walap on Jaluit Atoll.
Traditional walap on Jaluit Atoll. Note the man on the tradtional fishing tripod in the lagoon.
Canoe at the beach of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Canoes at the beach
Canoe under sail, Rongelap Lagoon
Canoe at the beach, Rongelap Atoll
Marshallese Couple in Traditional Dress
Marshallese Chiefly Couple in Traditional Dress
Marshallese man in traditional fishing attire
Women on Jaluit Atoll.
Girl on Jaluit in the 1870s (colour lithograph).
Traditional Dress worn at a dance performance
Kabua in the 1870s in dance attire (colour lithograph).
Interior of Traditional Chiefly House
Tatooed Woman from the Ratak Islands
Tatooed man, Ratak Islands
Sitting dance of Irooj Ladiget of Maloelap (photographed 1895 on Jabwor, Jaluit). Note the European style dress
Scene at Arenibek, Nauru
Nauruans
Irooj, Mile Island, Mile Atoll, wearing traditional dress
Elderly Marshallese in tradtional skirt and modern shirt
Two Women from Jaluit in Modern Dress
Irooj and his Wife in Traditional Dress
Old man in traditional dress (buni).
Youth on Nauru.
Mixed traditional and modern dress.
Marshallese men in modern (1914) dress
Old man on Nauru
An old man from Ebon Atoll
An old resident of the Marshalls in 1914
Irooj, Mile Island, Mile Atoll, wearing traditional dress.
Marshallese girls in front of a traditional hut
Marshallese woman clothed in a tradtional mat
Traditional belt (1873)
Traditional belt (2) (1873)
Traditional men's grass skirt (1873)
Two women and a man from Rongelap Atoll
Two girls from Majuro Atoll in tradtional mat dress
Tatooed Woman from the Ratak Islands
Tatooed man, Ratak Islands
Irooj Laminat with chest tattoo (photographed in 1895).
Portrait of a tattooed Woman, wife of an irooj
Tattoed man's torso, Mokmok, Caroline Islands (1873).
Tatooed arm, Pohnpei (1873).
Tattooing chisel, Pohnpei (1873).
Tattoed woman's leg, Pohnpei (1873).
Tattoed female slave's hand, Yap (1873).
Marshallese girls in front of a traditional hut
Traditional Chiefly House on Jaluit
Interior of Traditional Chiefly House
Sitting dance of Irooj Ladiget of Maloelap (photographed 1895 on Jabwor, Jaluit). Note the European style dress
Traditional Canoe and House on Nauru
Kabua's daughter Benak in front a modern house sitting on a large roll of preserved Pandanus
Nelu and his wife Ledagoba (daughter Kabua'a) photographed in Alinglaplap (photographed in 1895).
Making a Traditional Canoe, with traditional houses in the background (Jaluit).
Jabwor, Jaluit. Hospital, with airing huts (Lüftungshütten) in the foreground
Scene at Arenibek, Nauru
Traditional house on Mile Atoll.
Village Scene on Maloelap Atoll, possibly Taroa
Traditional house on Mile Atoll.
Women making thatch for roofing a hut
House site on Majuro Atoll
Cooking house on Maloelap Atoll
Old-style house Majuro Atoll
Old-style house, Maloelap Atoll
Access to roof of an old-style house, Rongelap Atoll
Small house
Traditional mat (1873)
Traditional Mat (etching).
Limadjur and Rebeaka on a royal mat (photographed in 1895).
Marshallese woman clothed in a tradtional mat
Traditional Drum (etching).
Traditional Mat (etching).
Kabua's daughter Benak in front a modern house sitting on a large roll of preserved Pandanus
Court in session and confiscation of weapons on Arno Atoll 1899
A fishtrap is being woven on Jaluit
Women making thatch for roofing a hut
Traditional walap on Jaluit Atoll. Note the man on the tradtional fishing tripod in the lagoon.
Ibia fishing on Nauru
Dance of Marshallese on Jaluit , possibly on occasion of the Emperor's Birthday 28 January (1902?)
Dance of Marshallese on Jaluit , possibly on occasion of the Emperor's Birthday 28 January (1902?)
Traditional Chiefly Dance (Jaluit?)
Kabua in the 1870s in dance attire (colour lithograph).
Interior of Traditional Chiefly House
Sitting dance of an Irooj on Jaluit.
Tree of Djemlivut, Majuro Atoll
'Modern' Burial, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Tabu place
Stone-lined burials, Rongelap Atoll
Chief Auweyida of Nauru under a German colonial flag
Jabwor, Jaluit. Hospital, with airing huts (Lüftungshütten) in the foreground
German Trade Station Area at the northern Tip of Jabwor, Jaluit
Samoan Exilees (Mata'afa) in German internment on Jabwor, Jaluit
Court in session and confiscation of weapons on Arno Atoll 1899
A road on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
The German School on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll. Class photo of the Catholic school, with the teacher in the background.
Beach road, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, with the office of the German Administration.
The Government Dock of Jabwor, Jaluit
Lagoonal view of Jabwor, Jaluit, with the Catholic Church and ware houses.
Imperial Postoffice, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Accommodation of the Landeshauptmann of the Marshall Islands in Jaluit, pre 1905
Jabwor, Jaluit. House of the German Administrator (Landeshauptmann).
Jabwor, Jaluit. Hospital, with airing huts (Lüftungshütten) in the foreground
German Trade Station Area at the northern Tip of Jabwor, Jaluit
House of a German trader, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Imperial Postoffice, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Lagoonal view of Jabwor, Jaluit, with the Catholic Church and ware houses.
Emergency housing, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, July 1905
Residence of the Landeshauptmann on Jabwor, Jaluit
Catholic Mission station, Nauru. Note the bicycle on the verandah.
The first Catholic Church on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
The school building on Nauru (1913)
European Residence, Jaluit Atoll (1903). Note the wide verandah.
Police Station on Jabwor, Jaluit
Destruction behind the German administration building of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
The animal corral of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Destruction of the German physician's surgery on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905
Accommodation of the Catholic Sisters on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Destruction of the storage sheds of the Jaluit Gesellschaft on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Destruction of the sheds behind the German administration on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Destruction of the storage sheds of the Jaluit Gesellschaft on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Destruction of the accommodation of the Catholic sisters on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Accommodation of the Pacific Islands Corporation trading station on Ejit Island, Majuro Atoll
Trading station on Ejit Island, Majuro Atoll
Pacific Islands Corporation trading station on Ejit Island, Majuro Atoll
Garden and residence of the German administrator on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
The accommodation section of the Hotel 'Germania' on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Destruction of the Catholic sisters' accommodation on Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll. Note the failed strand wall.
Capelle's store, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
The Jaluit Gesellschaft trading station on Taroa, Maloelap Atoll.
Residence of the German administrator Eugen Brandeis, Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll
Residence of the German harbour master on Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll.
Protestant church on Majuro Atoll
Residence of the German administrator, Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll
Lepra Station on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
Administration building and cistern of the Jaluit Gesellschaft on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
German administration office (left) and the Imperial Post Office (right), Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll.
German administration office, Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll
Residence of the German harbour master on Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll.
Residence of the German residents, Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll
Residences of the German residents, Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll
Residence of a German resident, Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll
Storage sheds Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Destroyed European residence on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905
The animal corral of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Marshallese playing baseball in front of the former Japanese administration office on Majuro Island ('Laura'), Majuro Atoll
Marshallese playing baseball in front of the former Japanese administration office on Majuro Island ('Laura'), Majuro Atoll
Lepra Station on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
Jabwor, Jaluit. Hospital, with airing huts (Lüftungshütten) in the foreground
Near the lagoonal beach of Likiep.
Village Scene on Maloelap Atoll, possibly Taroa
Village Scene on Maloelap Atoll, possibly Taroa
Track on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, leading to the northern tip of the island.
Settlement of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll. Note the Catholic church at the left.
Tidal lake on Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll, with the Marshallese village in the background
'Modern' Burial, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Track on Maloelap Atoll
Mission sisters and girls photographed during the weekly laundry, Jaluit (1902?)
Catholic Mission station, Nauru. Note the bicycle on the verandah.
Near the lagoonal beach of Likiep.
The first Catholic Church on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Group picture of the Catholic missionaries on Jaluit (1913)
The school building on Nauru (1913)
Catholic family on Likiep Atoll (1913). Note the dress.
Accommodation of the Catholic Sisters on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Destruction of the Catholic sisters' accommodation on Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll. Note the failed strand wall.
Protestant church on Majuro Atoll
Mile Island, Mile Atoll
The German mail steamer Oceana steams through the south-east passage of Jaluit Atoll.
Pass into Ebon Atoll (1873)
Sunset on Nauru
The aftermath of the typhoon of 1905 (photo B. Janssen)
Track on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, leading to the northern tip of the island.
Tidal Lake on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, with tradtional houses in the back
Waves breaking on the reef of Nauru (1913)
Pass into Jaluit Lagoon
Scene on Jaluit after the typhoon of 30 June 1905
Pass into Jaluit Lagoon (1903). Photographby Dr. Hansen
Lagoonal beach, Ebon Atoll (1903)
Lagoonal beach, Jaluit Atoll (1903). Note the canoe.
Tidal Lake on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Destruction behind the residence of the German administrator on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon
Tidal lake on Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll, with the Marshallese village in the background
Pandanus thicket, Maloelap
Typhoon damage on Mile Atoll
Taro patch, Majuro Island, Majuro
Oceanward reef platform, Maloelap
Tree of Djemlivut, Majuro Atoll
Track on Maloelap Atoll
Narrow gauge railway, phosphate mines, Nauru (1908)
Chinese labourers working in the phosphate mines, Nauru (1908)
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Jaluit Harbour before 1891 (etching)
Jaluit Harbour before the 1905 typhoon
Canoes in Jaluit Harbour
Jaluit Harbour front in the 1870s
Jaluit Harbour front pre 1901(?)
Photograph of a Marshallese korkor canoe in Jaluit, probably pre 1905.
The German mail steamer Oceana steams through the south-east passage of Jaluit Atoll.
Namorik Harbour in the 1870s (colour lithograph).
Jaluit Harbour in the 1870s (colour lithograph).
Jaluit Pass in the 1870s (colour lithograph).
Harbour Front of Jabwor, Jaluit, with the German administration building.
Harbour Front of Jabwor, Jaluit.
Deck of the Benak Note the traditional canoe deck shelters, new used on the European vessel
Sketch of a stickchart contained in Nelu's logbook
The old Dock of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Beachroad of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Beach road, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
The Government Dock of Jabwor, Jaluit
Catholic Mission station, Nauru. Note the bicycle on the verandah.
The sailing trading vessel Delphin
The Government Dock of Jabwor, Jaluit
The German cruiser Seeadler in Dar-es-Salaam harbour, German East Africa
Destruction along the lagoonal road of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Beachroad of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Beachroad of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
Old trading dock on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Beach road in front of the German administrator's residence on Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll
The sailing trading vessel Neptune
The German postal steamer Oceana making steam at the dock of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
The German postal steamer Oceana at the dock of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
Destruction of the wharf of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905. Note the German postal steamer Germania in the background.
The area near the dock of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
German postal steamer Germania in Jaluit Atoll
Beach road of Jabwor,Jaluit Atoll, as seen from the dock
Government dock Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905
The beach of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, after the typhoon of 30 January 1905.
Track on Maloelap Atoll
Irooj Loeak of Jaluit Atoll.
Lagajimi in the 1870s (colour lithograph).
Kabua in the 1870s in dance attire (colour lithograph).
Kabua in the 1870s (colour lithograph).
Irooj Lebon (Kabua) (1891 etching)
Kabua and Family (about 1902).
Rarik, chief
Lebeloa, Chief of Kaven, Maloelap
Kadu
Irooj Litokwa of Jaluit with wife and daughter Landrak. (photographed in 1895).
Kabua's daughter Benak in front a modern house sitting on a large roll of preserved Pandanus
Nelu and his wife Ledagoba (daughter Kabua'a) photographed in Alinglaplap (photographed in 1895).
Limadjur and Rebeaka on a royal mat (photographed in 1895).
Libaterik (photographed in 1895).
Irooj Laminat with chest tattoo (photographed in 1895).
Irooj Kabua (photgraphed in 1895).
Irooj Loeiak (photogaphed in 1895).
Irooj with family, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
Kabua and Family, with the office of the German Administration in the background
Portrait of Kabua
Irooj, Mile Island, Mile Atoll, wearing traditional dress
Portrait of a tattooed Woman, wife of an irooj
Portrait of an irooj with a wut
Irooj and his Wife in Traditional Dress
Portrait of Irooj Lejitnel's son.
A lower chief from Jaluit Atoll.
Irooj of Mile with wife and servant
Chiefly dance, Jaluit Atoll.
Irooj, Mile Island, Mile Atoll, wearing traditional dress.
Lajemaia, Kabua's son
Irooj Litokwa
Portrait of Louisa's son.
The oldest resident of the Marshalls in 1914.
Marshallese Couple in Traditional Dress
Marshallese Chiefly Couple in Traditional Dress
Marshallese man in traditional fishing attire
Couple from Ailinglaplap
Women on Jaluit Atoll.
Nemedj (photographed in 1895).
Lauina's wife (photographed in 1895).
Linear and Libidielok (photographed in 1895).
Limodelok of Maloelap (photographed in 1895).
Two Women from Jaluit in Modern Dress
Plaster cast of a Marshallese woman (1873)
Plaster cast of a Marshallese woman -- right side view (1873)
Plaster cast of a Marshallese woman (2) (1873)
Warrior on Ebon (1873).
Marshallese woman (1873).
Portrait of Nemaj. Her husband conquered Mokil.
Portrait of Louisa of Jaluit Atoll.
Youth on Nauru.
Old man on Nauru
An old man from Ebon Atoll
Marshallese man (etching).
Marshallese woman (etching).
An old resident of the Marshalls in 1914
Catholic family on Likiep Atoll (1913). Note the dress.
Marshallese woman from Jaluit
Marshallese woman from Jaluit
Two women and a man from Rongelap Atoll
Two girls from Majuro Atoll in tradtional mat dress
Landeshauptmann Eugen Brandeis and his wife Antonie on the verandah of their residence in Jaluit, pre 1905
Dr. Georg Irmer, German administrator ('Landeshauptmann')
Group picture of the Catholic missionaries on Jaluit (1913)
Men drinking beer in front of Capelle's store on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
[History]CONTACT: Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia. e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au |