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A photograph of pteris and afrimonuim with dry forest in the background.

Steel ring wheel of Japanese plane shot down by USS Honolulu, 12/7/41.
This is a pulley wheel of the type used to adjust control surfaces (elevators, ailerons, rudder, flaps) via cables running from the cockpit.

A photograph of a cucurbita maxima, a large light-colored pumpkin used chiefly for stock, but regarded as one of the better types for table use, boiled and served without mashing. It is 18 inches in diameter.

A photograph of a cucurbita maxima, a large light-colored pumpkin used chiefly for stock, but regarded as one of the better types for table use, boiled and served without mashing. It is 18 inches in diameter.

A photograph of a cucurbita maxima, a large light-colored pumpkin, cut open showing the inside.

A photagraph of people auctioneering pumpkind in the market square at Kimberly. THey were selling at six shillings per each pile.

Pumpkin, manihot, banana, old corn & natives - and old hut in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]