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Portrait of Two Women

Date: 1910
Description: Two unidentified women. The woman on the left is standing. The woman on the right is seated. They are holding hands. The background and foreground show flo...
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Family Gathering Water

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls, a boy, a woman, and an infant. Two children have pots on their heads which Carrie describes as a means to gather water in a number of journals. ...
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Women Carrying Grain

Date: 1910
Description: Five women, four of them carrying large sacks of grain on their head, stand behind a group of women sitting on the ground. All of them are wearing head wra...
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Castle of Good Hope

Date: 1910
Description: Entrance to the Castle of Good Hope, which Carrie visited while in Cape Town, South Africa. A man in uniform stands near the entrance.
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Table Mountain

Date: 1910
Description: View of Table Mountain and beach from Milnerton, South Africa. People are walking on the beach.
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Jacob Plow

Date: 1910
Description: From Carrie's journal from Palestine: "There were many terraced hills, covered with olive orchards. Men, women and children were gathering the olives, clim...
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Tiger Trap

Date: 1910
Description: During her visit to Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt. The men of the village built large wooden traps for the tiger, seen here with men posed around it...
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Tiger after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men who have taken the tiger out of the trap. In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visit...
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Market Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a market scene. During her travels, Carrie enjoyed frequenting local markets to try new foods and observe the local people. Around the per...
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Street Performers

Date: 1910
Description: Four men wearing head wraps posing in a wide-legged stance. A group of people stand behind a fence in the left background watching. Carrie describes in her...
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Three Women Preparing Cotton

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Japan and South Korea, Carrie describes the process of preparing cotton to be used for yarn or clothing. This image shows three women w...
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Two Men

Date: 1910
Description: Carrie often described the clothing of the people wherever she was visiting. Here are two men, both wearing head wrappings, gold colored sashes, long sleev...
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Village Building

Date: 1910
Description: Group of people outside of a village dwelling. The building has the "horn-like" roof which Carrie describes in her journal from China and the Philippines. ...
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Group of Women

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of women wearing a variety of head dresses posed in front of the side of a building. They are wearing either black and gold dresses or skirt...
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Portrait of Four Women

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of four women. Two women are seated and two are standing. They are all wearing shawls, skirts, and sashes. In her travel journals, Carrie of...
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Workers in a Textile Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View down aisle of two rows of women workers using looms in a textile factory. A few men stand in the aisle. In her journal from China, Carrie describes th...
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Woman and Man using Spinning Wheels

Date: 1910
Description: A woman and a man using spinning wheels in a textile factory. In her journal Carrie describes the conditions of these factories in China as crowded and wit...
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Livingstone Island

Date: 1910
Description: Doctor Thorne was one of the members of Carrie's travel party. He is pictured here, in front of Victoria Falls on Livingstone Island.
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Groot Constantia

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa, located just outside Cape Town, South Africa. Two women stand near the wall unde...
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People around Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from China, Carrie writes that most villages have "one wagon, which is used for carrying the people, supplies, and our luggage." She talks a...

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