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Woman Fishing in Panama
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Olive Brooks, Division Engineer Public Relations, collecting dead fish after throwing dynamite into the water. She is holding a fish and has her pants rolled up to her knees. Her hair is wrapped in a handkerchief and behind her are rocks and trees. This photograph was taken on the Chucunaque River in Panama.
December 1942
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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Olive Brooks, Division Engineer in Panama
1942
Olive Brooks, Army Division Engineer Public Relations with her .45 on the "Dolphin", Chucunaque River, Panama. She is pointing her gun out towards the river while two men are looking on. Her hair i...
Panamanians Eating Dinner
December 1942
Indigenous Panamanian women and children eating dinner along the Chucunaque River. A woman in a jumpsuit holding a hat is watching Panamanian children eating. A Panamanian woman is standing by two ...
Panamanian Men and American Woman
December 1942
A Panamanian boy is standing between two indigenous Panamanian men. They are all wearing face paint and flowers in their hair. One of the men and the boy are wearing vests with pants. The other man...
Panamanian Children with American Woman
December 1942
Indigenous Panamanian children talking to an American woman near the Chucunaque River in Panama. The American woman is wearing a safari hat and jumpsuit and is squatting down talking to the childre...
Trainees Set Dynamite Charges
December 1942
Trainees at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School setting dynamite charges outdoors in Panama. The men are wearing brimmed hats and uniforms. One crouching man is holding onto a bundle of dynamite sti...
Soldier in Shower
1942
A soldier from the 14th Infantry taking a shower with his pants on at a military base in Panama. The soldier is shirtless and has his arms raised behind his head.
