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A farm in the desert
A photograph that shows alfalfa, horses, donkeys, a donkey wagon, and a sisal plantation in the background. There is a fence that's posts are made of old iron railroad ties in the foreground.
A field of corn, rice
A phtoograph of a field filled with corn, rice, cassava, and banana. There are also a few fallen trees over the area that dont interfer with this type of agriculture.
A field of sweet potatoes
A photograph of a field of sweet potatoes, a staple crop here. There are also ant hills and dry forest in the far background.
A green orange with thin skin
A green orange with thin skin - one cut. They are of fair quality but always green. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
A landing place
A landing place, old cement steps. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 11, 1920]
A los catolicos, de esta ciudad y de toda la Diocesis : Salud y paz en nuestra Senor Jesuchristo.
Printed broadside by the parish Priest José María del Refugio Guerra y Alva (ordained Bishop of Zacatecas on 29 December 1872) decrying the influx of prohibited books, brought into a the country from the United States. Chief among these banned…
A low grass
A photograph of tricholaena rosea, a low grass about 1 feet high.
A Mexican Baile
Edward Vail's sketch about a Mexican dance put on by the Greaterville placer gold mining camp and the cowboys attempt to join the dance after the Mexican miners decided not to let the cowboys in.
A Modest Proposal on how we might approach the problem of beginning a Women's Studies program at U of A
Original proposal for creating Women Studies Program at UA
A native field
A photograph of an indigenous field of peanuts and corn, which are known by the indigenous as "monkey nuts" and "mealies".
A new poem: how the clergy and certain craftsmen complain about Luther
Illustrated broadsheet with poem, 1524. From the collection of the German National Museum, Nuremberg.
A palm
A palm like the Royal but not so good. Another fruiting below the leaf spathes. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
A path
A photograph of a path in a grassy area with grass burned off on the left side.
A plum like fruit
A photograph of ximenia americana, also known as impinji, which is a plum-like fruit with strong prussic-acid smell. It was valued mainly because of the oil of the kernel.
A Round Up of Broncos at the Empire Ranch, ca. 1900
Men on horses rounding up broncos. Tom Turner one of the foremen at Empire Ranch was known as a hard boss and his roundup hours were rather early and rather late which didn't please many cowboys.
A row of bananas
A photograph of a row of plantain and banana as well as plantain at the right with a path in the middle.
A short banana
An up-close photograph of three short banana. These short bananas as well as chinese bananas are grown here.
A typical Belgian station
A photograph of tall grassland with indigenous huts and a typical Belgian station in background.
A water hole
Karuaru [?], a water hole. [Shantz travel journal, June 8?, 1920]