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Boys Peeling Yams

Date: 08 12 1943
Description: Two indigenous boys peel yams on Kiriwina Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
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Two Indigenous Women

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A young indigenous woman wearing a flower in her hair poses with an older woman who is balancing a basket on her head on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 72

Date: 
Description: Old skin is yet alive to whispered lashings,
the quick-step dried and gone to the bone.
Embrace the wall and face away from trouble
in the winter ...
Photograph

Jeannette Holt and Her Stroh Cousins on the Porch

Date: 1898
Description: Three cousins are sitting at a table eating a meal on the porch at the Island Lodge on Archibald Lake. Names from left to right are: Harriet Stroh, Margare...
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Portrait of Household Employees in front of Cook's Cabin

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of five women, who are household employees, standing together in front of the original Cook’s Cabin, which burned down following a lightning...
Photograph

Portrait of Household Employees in front of Green Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: A group of three women and a girl, household employees at Island Lodge, standing in front of Green Cottage. Built in 1901, this cottage is where the cook a...
Photograph

Watermelon Seed Fight

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt, family and friends are laughing and having a watermelon seed fight in front of Island Lodge. Names from left to right: Jeannette Holt, unkn...
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Jeannette Holt Doing Laundry

Date: 1918
Description: Standing on the pier, Jeannette Holt is doing laundry by hand, using the washboard in an iron bucket that is sitting on the diving board. Archibald Lake an...

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