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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42116

Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889


"Apia facing the Entrance of Harbor"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows a waterfront scene at Apia prior to the storm.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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2 April 2002