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Philippine Workers Transport Fibre using Water Buffalo

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Description: Workers transporting twine fibre (fiber) using water buffalo and a wooden cart in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International Harvester fo...
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Nguyen Family Outdoors

Date: 1984
Description: The Nguyen family pose for a family snapshot outdoors. A real estate sign that says "For Sale" is visible in the background in a front yard. The parents, ...
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Woman and Mules on Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: A woman leads a mule laden with bundles across the airstrip at the village of Keukacham, Laos. A young mule follows. In the background at the base of a hil...
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Gift Cows, U.S. Marine Helicopter Base

Date: 06 1962
Description: Gift cows at the U.S. Marine Helicopter base in Soc Trang, Vietnam. Military and civilian men stand posing in a group in a field. Two of the men hold the r...
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Tigerton Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office at Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a stock Chinoiserie image of a man standing and a woman holding a fan sitting in either a boat o...
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Eliza C. Scidmore in Yokohama

Date: 1895
Description: Eliza Catherine Scidmore seated in an ornate chair with a small dog curled up on her lap. Next to her stands a Japanese woman.
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Grand Hotel Queen's Birthday Menu Exterior

Date: 05 24 1898
Description: Front and back covers, printed in color, of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with a tinted three-quarter view ...
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Vietnamese Soldiers Breaking Camp

Date: 1961
Description: Vietnamese soldiers breaking camp along a muddy road after a night of heavy rain. The shirtless man is battallion commander, Major Giai (?). Civilian vill...
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Children at Quin Nhon Airport

Date: 06 1962
Description: A group of children reaching for something held by a man at the Quin Nhon airport in the mountain region of Vietnam.
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Cowboys of Manchuria and Siberia

Date: 1917
Description: Five men posing with horses. Caption reads: "Cowboys of Manchuria & Siberia."
Poster

India. Shove Off. Go Somewhere, See Something, Learn Something.

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of three sailors riding an elephant, while sailors and Indians stand nearby. In the background is a battleship. Poster tex...
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Sowing Sesame Seed

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Description: Two men are standing near an ox, which is dragging a wooden implement. One man is holding a woven basket and casting seeds. Caption reads: "Sewing [sic] se...
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Traveling by Elephant to Florence

Date: 02 20 1923
Description: Five people are posing around an elephant in front of a large tree. Two people are standing next to the elephant, one man is the mahout sitting at the elep...
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Eliza Scidmore with Mrs. Waldo

Date: 06 1898
Description: Mrs. Waldo, Mrs. Eliza Scidmore (in center holding a puppy in her lap), and an unidentified woman each sitting in rickshaws, which are also known as jinrik...

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