Metadata for RCSPC-Y309C-066 (RCS Y309C/66)
| Identifier: | RCSPC-Y309C-066 |
| Creator: | Burton Brothers |
| Title: | American Gatling gun - Point Mulinu'u |
| Description: | 195 x 145 mm. A view showing a row of armed American sailors standing behind a gatling gun team at Mulinu'u Point. This location was the scene of an attempted occupation by Mata'afan war canoes on March 14th 1899, after Rear Admiral Kantz of the USS 'Philadelphia', peremptorily dissolved the provisional government. The action at Mulinu'u Point heralded the start of renewed hostilities; the attack on the Tivoli Hotel, the bombardment of Mata'afan villages and the battle of April 1st outside Apia. Photograph taken circa 1899. |
| Date created from: | 1899 |
| Date created to: | 1899 |
| Coverage spatial: | Mulinuu, Cape (Oceania, Samoa, Savai'i) |
| Source: | RCS Y309C/66 |
| Is part of: | RCS Photograph Collection, Y309C. |
| DCMIType: | Image |
| Medium: | image/jpeg |
| Extent: | 107KB |
| Dimension X: | 590 |
| Dimension Y: | 438 |
| Dimension units: | Pixels |
| Resolution: | 72 dpi |
| Bit depth: | 24 bit |
| Colour space: | Adobe RGB 1998 |
| Compression type: | JPEG |
| Compression ratio: | Quality 9 |
| Camera body: | Mamiya RB |
| Camera back: | Leaf Valeo 11 Digital |
| Lighting: | 1000w Bowens Flash Heads |
| Lens: | Mamiya 50mm f/4.5 Wide Angle Lens |
| ISO: | 25 |
| Aperture: | F/16 |
| ShutterSpeed: | 1/125 |
| Digitised by: | SM. Photography Department. Cambridge University Library. |
| Publisher: | Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge. |
| Rights: | Copyright Cambridge University Library. |
| Date Digitised: | 2003-12-18 |