Sunday, August 2, 2009
"Building a Fale" 1948 Faleasao
The tag on the image: " Tualemoso right, Mata left and ....." Who could this be? If my dad was eight, this Tualemoso could have been his older brother or maybe a cousin. My curiousity grows. I have ony a few photos of my father when he was younger. I"ll have to go digging to see if there truly is a resemblance. I'm guessing this young man is in his late teens or early twenties. Where's the lavalava?
Faleasao, Ta'u, Manua 1948
JMFlanigan : photos : Pago Pago c. 1948 by Dr. Jim Harris
For more photos visit the website above.
My dad was eight at the time of this photo. I can say first hand now, that the landscape has changed since then. No more Fale's made from natural resources. Now they have concrete slabs with tin roofs and pre-fab columns. Talk about what a difference a day makes; what a difference 60 years, a couple of hurricanes, and improved transportation makes! I remember my dad reminiscing about sandy beaches as white and soft as salt; referring of course, to the all too familiar iodonized table salt that middle America has become so fond of. I can see now what he meant. He really was born in a grass shack.
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