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Woman using Loom

Date: 1910
Description: Woman using a loom outdoors. In her journal from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) she records: "The women braid the fibres together making a crude mat of them. The t...
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Thatched Housing

Date: 1910
Description: Log and thatched homes. In a number of her journals, Carrie describes the conditions of housing. Many countries at the time still utilized thatched houses ...
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Two Girls

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of two girls. Both are unclothed except for a strip of fabric around their waist tied with a bundle of leaves. In her journal, Carrie describes Ce...
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Village

Date: 1910
Description: View across field towards a fenced village of elevated, thatched buildings.
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Man and Woman in Field

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Ceylon Carrie records: "Both men and women wear a sort of skirt made of a straight piece of cloth wound around the body." Here, a man i...
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Woman in Carriage

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Description: An unidentified woman posing while sitting and looking through the open back of a carriage on a road.
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Boys Marching with "Guns"

Date: 1906
Description: Boys marching down a neighborhood street with toy guns. The leader is carrying a big stick. A boy in the back is carrying a flag.
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Trees and a Pond

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Description: View from shoreline of a pond. Trees are reflected in the water.
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Cows In a Stream

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Description: View from shoreline of a small group of cattle standing in a stream drinking water. There are trees and shrubs are along the opposite shoreline.
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Rocky Hillside

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Description: Elevated view of a hillside with trees, plants and grass, and a partially exposed face of eroded rock.
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Lake View

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Description: View of lake through trees along a shoreline. A ship is in the distance along the horizon.
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Road in Autumn

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Description: View down rural road lined with trees and rocks. The leaves have turned to autumn colors. There is a fence along the road on the right.
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Road Through a Forest

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Description: View from side of tree-lined road towards a gate in a stone wall further down on the right.
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Bluffs on Shoreline

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Description: View across lake towards steep bluffs. Trees are growing along the shoreline and on the top of the bluffs. At the base of the cliffs in the center is a sca...
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A Bench Near a Lake

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Description: A wooden bench at the top of a slope overlooking a lake. A wooded shoreline is in the far distance.
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Tree Canopy

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Description: View down center of a dirt path of a tree canopy.
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Trees and a Lake

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Description: View across ground towards birch trees and shrubs along a lake shore, with a wooded shoreline across the water in the distance.
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Bluffs and Trees

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Description: View across water towards trees growing on the steep cliffs of a bluff at the shoreline.
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Bluffs and a Cave

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Description: View across water towards trees growing on the steep cliffs of a bluff at the shoreline. There is a cave about halfway up the cliff.
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Trees Along Shoreline

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Description: View across water towards trees growing along steep, eroded cliffs at the shoreline.

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