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Wreath-laying at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., February 12, 1964

A photograph of indigenous workmen returning from the field with hoes and shovels to greet the chef de post. They are dancing and singing.

A photograph of indigenous workmen singing and dancing in front of the chef de post.

Wood pile - huts in back - and indigenous women in typical dress. The mts. at the left are open forest types - and the lowlands about the same. The mountain sides are cultivated - native agriculture - not limited as in European [tradition] by lay…

Shows a wood pile in the fore with corn at right and a grass tree savanna at left. Photo 9:30 am. There is no change of type as you come through. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

A photograph of a large woodpile used as a supply for the RR train. There is a dry forest in the background.

Closeups of pieces of shrapnel pulled out of the harbor, these are kept in a case in the Student Memorial exhibit.

A wood yard where mangrove from which the bark has been taken is split for market. Scales show in the fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Shows this type at a wood station just beyond [Micatti]. Here it became light enough to see a tree grassland with fine 1 meter or less prairie like grassland - Crotalaria taking place of Psoralea. Grasses of reddish or Andropogon like appearance,…

Shows this type at a wood station just beyond [Micatti]. Here it became light enough to see a tree grassland with fine 1 meter or less prairie like grassland - Crotalaria taking place of Psoralea. Grasses of reddish or Andropogon like appearance,…

A photograph taken from over the top of the wood piles with tall trichopteryx and trees in the back.

A photograph of large wood piles with trees in back. Some of steamers burn as much as 100 tons of wood on the up stream trip.