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Photograph of individuals in a stairway.

A photograph of a group of indigenous people advancing along the dirt roadway dancing.

Photograph taken when Rudolph Modjeski came to visit his daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren in Tucson. Marylka Modjeska Pattison was Miriam Pattison's paternal grandmother, who came to Tucson when she married in 1920. Her father designed many…

A photograph of a group of Watusi chiefs with Governor Mazoratti and Homer Shantz in the back.

Group photo taken at Easton Hospital, Pennsylvania. Top row: "Miss Young" and Edith B. Smith. Bottom row: Russell Stone, MD., and Louis F. Burkley, Jr., MD. Photograph was taken while they were interning at the hospital.

Shows a grove of cocoanut in back - banana at left and mango at right. This photo gives a fair idea of this country. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 30, 1920]

A photograph of a grove of trees on rocky land.

A photograph of an oil palm grove, which are very short and young but are bearing fruit. Most of the village of Kulu is like this, scattered about, both palm and banana.

This project aims to draw inspiration from the style of “Victory Gardens” propaganda of the 1940s, while commenting on the resilience of indigenous foods and the ability of plants to transcend national borders.