Alfred Mayor’s 1917 photos
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Conservation scientists have long taken advantage of historical photographs to assess how places have changed over time, and the degree of human and environmental impact they face. And this is the case with black and white photographs taken in 1917 of the reefs, shore...

![Marine biologist Alfred Mayor’s 1917 photos document scenes from Pago Pago Harbor (left to right), the subsistence livelihood of villagers, view from above of the surrounding landscape looking down at the Aua coral reef transect, and view from shore. The world’s longest coral survey documents the changes in Aua’s reefs. [photos: Alfred Mayor / Carnegie Institution of Washington] Marine biologist Alfred Mayor’s 1917 photos](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/1917_photos.jpg?itok=gTxTUaUu)