Post #631152 by TikiTomD on Tue, Apr 3, 2012 3:43 PM

The following is an excerpt of an article from the September 12, 1924 edition of the Samoa Times by H. J. Moors, republished in Some Recollections of Early Samoa. The last line appears to be stating that Dr. Funk, as Apia Municipal Council medical officer, was charged with performing health inspections of the Samoan madams who provided evening entertainment to visiting sailors and traders...

Here are views of the Apia waterfront from Some Recollections of Early Samoa...

And a view of Mainstreet Apia, also from Some Recollections of Early Samoa...

Here are a few Apia street scenes from the National Library of New Zealand...

**Samoa. Street scene, Apia, ca 1900
Reference Number: PAColl-3062-1-09**
View down a street in Apia which includes the Club Hotel photographed by Alfred John Tattersall

**Samoa. The Casino Hotel, Apia, ca 1900
Reference Number: PAColl-3062-2-02**
Exterior view of the street front of the Casino Hotel, Apia photographed by Alfred John Tattersall in about 1900.

-Tom