Cuthbert, Robert

Scope and Contents Collection contains copies of correspondence and photographs relating to Robert Cuthbert's employment with the Pacific Cable Board as a telegraph operator and station manager.The photographs of Fanning Island include images of cable station buildings and employees, the German attack on Fanning Island in September 1914, and a sports carnival held on Fanning Island during the 1920s to mark Empire Day. The photographs can be divided into two sets one dating from the early 1900s and...