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Jane Theresa Taylor in Bajiou, Philippines

Date: 1913
Description: Trading market; Bajiou, Philippines. Image of boy with notation: "Native Bajiou (P.I.) giving Jane his hat." Second of a sequence of three images.
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Jane Theresa Taylor in Bajiou, Philippines

Date: 1913
Description: Trading market; Bajiou, Philippines. Image of boy with notation: "Janie paying a native of Bajiou P.I. for having his picture taken and giving me his hat."...
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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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Vaudeville Actors in front of Crescent Clothing

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ...
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Farmer and Son on F-12 Tractor

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Farmer Sam Tanaka posing with his son on a Farmall F-12 tractor in a cauliflower field.
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International Harvester-Thresher in "Indo-China"

Date: 1930
Description: A group of people is gathered around an International Harvester stationary threshing machine. The original photographic caption reads: "Indo China."
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Asian Dignitaries

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Description: Asian men on the street, entering a car.
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Asian Dignitaries

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Description: Asian dignitaries, including two women, amidst a crowd, perhaps at a railroad station.
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype photograph of a man in oriental dress on the Midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. He stands behind a gate; a sign warns, "No Admittance ...
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The "Guardian" Chinese Tour

Date: 04 1974
Description: Supporters of the "Guardian," a weekly radical newspaper, visiting the birthplace of Mao Tse Tung.
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"Buryat Prince" on Platform near Imperial Train

Date: 1917
Description: A man wearing a long coat belted at the waist, and a cap, is standing on a platform. The original caption identifies the man as a "Buryat prince." In the b...
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Korean Man near Vladivostok

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption reads: "Native Korean, just outside Vladivostok [Russia]."
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Lewis Arms and a Korean Boy

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Description: Lewis Arms poses on a beach in the Pacific Islands with a Korean boy. Arms is wearing his Navy uniform hat.
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Saigon Street Scene

Date: 06 1968
Description: A busy street in wartime Vietnam with bicycles, motorbikes, and automobiles.
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Young Vendor at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Airstrip at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. A young food vendor stands with a large circular tray on his head which casts shade for him. A silver plane sits o...
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Lao Infantry Laying Explosives

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao infantry troops laying explosives forward of lines in the vicinity of Luang Prabang. Two soldiers crouch near some bushes with a met...
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Lao Infantry in the Field

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantry in the field in the Luang Prabang vicinity during a mission to lay explosives behind lines. Two men stand in the background...
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Helicopter Fuel and Soldiers, Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Soldiers at the Luang Prabang Airport, Laos walking near drums of fuel for helicopters. In the background soldiers stand near the door of a helicopter.
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Lao Infantry Unit Laying Explosives

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantry unit laying explosives forward of lines in the vicinity of Luang Prabang, Laos. A man is bent over working on a silver wire...
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Helicopter Refueling, Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Helicopter refueling area at the Luang Prabang airport, Laos. Rows of orange 55-gallon drums are grouped at intervals on a dirt landing surface. Two helico...

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