William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940
Physical Description:
1 photograph album
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 23 Wrapper 2
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Photograph albums
Place:
Southeast Asia
Malay Archipelago
Date Range:
1937
Start Date:
1937
End Date:
1937
Abstract:
The photograph album is a compilation of black and white images taken during the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies, 1937. Subject matter includes vegetation and an unusually large flower; local people working; village and rural scenes; village waterway crowded with boats; man working with snakes; Tai Thean Kew Chinese Girls Circus Truck; local temple (?); and a girl with poster of Dorothy Lamour "The Jungle Princess" movie poster. There are no visible captions.
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