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A photograph of a flock of African openbills (anastomus lamelligerus) in the sky. These birds break down the leaves of the oil palm trees.

A photograph of a floating papyrus island in the middle of the river.

A fleshy vine with grape like leaves (a Euphorbia), a slender Euphorbia and a spiny tree with trifoliate leaf. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 12, 1920]

Into sun with flat top tree, not acacia, in fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 19, 1920]

At same place [as previous image] but forward, short grass and brush, flat topped trees and others. Apparently of same species. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 19, 1920]

Over flat to bush or chaparral in back - a last attempt at photo of this chaparral. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

An image of five portraits on display at the Tucson Museum of Art.

An image of five portraits on display at the Tucson Museum of Art.

Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall visits the Current River in the Missouri Ozarks to develop interest in a proposed plan to make the area a Ozarks River National Monument. Here Udall fishes on a float trip down the Current River, September 22,…

A photograph of an indigenous person standing next to a large fish net near the river. The fish net is probably made of a tall malvaceous plant.

A photograph of the Fish market where a very small shiner is the chief fish at the market. There is a baboon in foreground that had stolen a handful of the fish. He is the terror of the market.

First flag flown on USS Arizona, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The flying of the flag over the sunken Arizona began on March 7, 1950.

Picture of Berta Mackenzie, twelve years old, at first communion in Pecs, Hungary. The original village was destroyed during WWII.

A photograph of firm tall grass (Aristida or Stipa) that forms the bulk of the grass cover here.

A photograph of the rain forest, showing buphane disticha, the fire lily.

Fire damaged tamarisk (salt cedar) trees obscure the view of the Rio Grande.