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Acacia - large flat topped, with grass cover - desert grass type. Plume [?] like type quite abundant. Wide angle. [Shantz travel journal, June 3, 1920]

Acacia - large flat topped, with grass cover - desert grass type. Plume [?] like type quite abundant. [Shantz travel journal, June 3, 1920]

Stewart Udall speaking at the dedication of the restored Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C., January 21, 1968.

Out across open low land - trees in back - mostly acacia. This veg[etation] is acacia grassland, rather luxuriant soil 4 or more feet deep - along river a more tropical growth. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 19, 1920]

Open grassy plain. Grasses not tall - recently burned and just nearly starting spring growth. An occasional small acacia - small red ant hills. Shows this type - a small tree at the right, Kilimandjaro and the other peak in dist[ance]. [Shantz…

A photograph of rather open grassland with low veld and trees. The grasses are eragrostis, cymbopogon, and turpentine grass.

A photograph showing an andropogon-like sod on a deep sandy loam soil with occasional thickets of acacia horrida, many bulb plants, asparagus, smilax, aloe, and lycium-like plants.

A photograph of an open space with the odina, cantheum, protea abyssinica, ochna, and combretum. The hills in the background are north of the Kafue river.

A more open forest and larger trees, looking straight - acacia like in the back. Soil uniform to 12 or 10 feet, where sandy roots penetrate. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 30, 1920]

A photograph taken out over open country, showing a very distant view of grassland and vegetation.

A photograph taken out over open country with shrubs, grassland, and a group of trees on the far right.

OOD long glass (spy glass). One of three in use on December 7, 1941. This spy glass was used by the Officer of the Deck, who was responsible for the safety and navigation of the ship. It was salvaged by a USS Arizona diving party December 15-19.…