A photograph of a conopharyngia elegans, a tree about 6 feet high with old fruits still attached to tree. The flowers are just ahead of the leaves, which are just appearing.
Remarks to The Inter-American Specialized Conference to Deal With Problems Relating to the Conservation of Renewable Natural Resources in the Western Hemisphere, Mar Del Plata, Argentina, October 18, 1965
A photograph of a building being constructing using poles of wood and raffia tied together with strips of rattan. This building will be used as a soap factory.
A photograph of the construction of a house with mutato fiber. However, it is said that bamboo is better and that the ribs of construction are of bamboo.
Legal documents from the Convent of Santo Domingo in Mexico dated from 10 September 1572 to the mid 1620's. These documents touch on various matters associated with the administration of the Convent's property, its boundaries, and even a contract for…
Formal photograph of the Cook sisters. Lucy Cook Holbrook and Elizabeth Cook Barlow, and one unidentified sister. One woman wears a black dress, white lace, chain necklace, black jacket. One woman wears a black dress, black belt, black beads, white…
Copra - this is typical of many places in the city - as a rule this copra is not as nice as that cured on plantations. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]