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- Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs
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Latrine Assembly Detail 4
"Earl Powers, Leinbaugh, + Digging Latrine Pit in solid coral - Biak"
Biak Natives, Long Canoe
"Two Liberty Ships and an LC1 behind a native large canoe with a sail, at Biak" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Boat Antithesis. Stabilized by outrigger, assisted by sail, four Biak men paddle their large wood canoe on Soenggarai Bay. Praised for their…
Bamboo Water Tubes 1
"Local residents carrying drinking water from Army Purification unit in large bamboo tubes" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Purified Water. At Parai, Hill also documented two alert young men patiently catching drinking water from a leaky Corps of Engineers…
Bamboo Water Tubes 2
"Biak native filling his bamboo water carrying tube at a hose leak at a military fresh water source on Biak, Netherlands, New Guinea"
Biak Native Homes 5
"Native homes on stilts over the water. Outrigger canoe with at least 10 people going by" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Homes at Parai. 'Off limits' for soldiers, Hill and Casey hitchhiked down the coast to Parai on August 23. In his letter, Hill…
Biak Native Homes 6
"Native homes on stilts over water"
Biak Native Homes 7
"Local People's homes - over water"
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 1
![Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 1](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/7193864a16f2823c0d0dc32df856d7e2.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1738918800&Signature=xshfHX6BlaYXfr%2FKSozz4VkmpV0%3D "Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 1")
"Local people dance - "Sing Sing" to celebrate Dutch Queen Wilamina's Birthday - Gov't supplied crepe paper head gear" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Queen Wilhelmina's Birthday Party. In 1944, Biak was part of the Netherlands East Indies, a Dutch colony…
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 2
![Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 2](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/c0e9cb70d4f1eeef2e1cbc379aa7241b.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1738918800&Signature=0toxGO0cUILwLhtoJO3rFscoMQk%3D "Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 2")
"Local people at a "Sing Sing" to celebrate Dutch Queen Wilamina's Birthday - Gov't supplied crepe paper hats"
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 3
![Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 3](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/c039c393d6ad25e0d916959ceb85c50f.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1738918800&Signature=xMYQ44Kq6wg9RAhppNzwAqXIqcM%3D "Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 3")
"Native people of Dutch New Guinea celebrating Netherlands Queen Wilamina's Birthday - crepe paper hats supplied by Gov't""