Financial transaction document from the Maritime Customs Office of the Port of Veracruz, dated January 17, 1829. The administrator of the port, Jose Maria Fernandez acknowledges having received from Pedro Fronemo the sum of $2,918 pesos. The amount…
A fig tree showing where the bark has been removed to make bark cloth. The trees are not killed by this process - since the inner layer is apparently not taken. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]
A photograph of field crops with peanuts planted in ridged up rows and corn in the back with two kinds, a very small early corn and a large late corn. There are also beans and sweet potatoes and pumpkin.
McBride (L) and Moore (R), two men from Raccoon County, Pennsylvania. This area was settled by Scotch Irish immigrants (circa 1800s) and are affiliated with the Mackenzie clan. Moore (left) was said to be barefoot most of the time and had heavily…