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Sisal cut off or torn off - old plantation. Elephant damage. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 16, 1920]

Old sisal plantation - no record of this photo. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 16, 1920]

Shows old sisal plantation. Just out of Tanga - cocoanut, manihot, many mangoes. These great sisal plantations all gone to pieces - nothing kept up. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 11, 1920]

Old school for boys, first tree at left - an unusually large fruited empe oribo - and especially good. This tree is in Bubulu. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

The United States closed their fence and customs office while the Mexicans keep their office opened. Nobody is supposed to cross at this point, but if they do, they can still pay their Mexican "crossing-fees", or mordida. Here, a customs house stands…

Old mason work drain in fore. Elephant grass, bananas, mango, bridge in back and a forest of cocoanut. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Old manihot plantation shows - hut at right. Grasses, young plants and brush. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 16, 1920]

Old mangrove in back, young in fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 11, 1920]

Bark of old mango - 4 1/2 ft. through, called kidogo-kidogo (little ones) by natives. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Three people walk along the left side of the bridge while dried vegetation and telephone poles are visible on both sides. In the distance, buildings mark the beginning of the town.

A photograph of an old house that's roof is covered with sod. The street shows mango, papaya, and kapok.