Photo by Otto Tetens © Christiane Niggemann , Bochum Germany .
This fine photo of a Hufnagel-Betham family group at Vailele appears to date from early 1905 . It was taken by German scientist and astronomer , Mr Otto Tetens , who lived in Apia from 1902-1905 and established the Apia Observatory . While in Samoa he took a large number of high quality photographs using a glass plate camera . His images are of great historical interest and have been exhibited in Germany and Samoa . We are grateful to Tetens relatives for permission to use this photograph .
The people in the image are , left to right , ( sitting ) unknown ; Mrs Margaretta Reye ( nee Betham ); Mrs Catherine Hufnagel ( nee Betham ) with son Franz on lap ; man unknown ; Mr Otto Tetens at back on right in grey jacket ; Mr Gustav Kronfeld (?) with Clementine Hufnagel ; ( standing ) unknown ; unknown ; Mr Augustus Betham ; Mr Ernst Reye with son Raimund ( born 1904 ); Mr Montgomery Betham Junior ; Captain Hufnagel ; Kurt Hufnagel Jnr ; unknown ; Gottlieb Hufnagel ( head obscured ).
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