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Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 2
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"Local people at a "Sing Sing" to celebrate Dutch Queen Wilamina's Birthday - Gov't supplied crepe paper hats"
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 1
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"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 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…
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"
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…
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…
Finchhaffen Native, Carving
"Local New Guinea native carving a bamboo comb - Copy from a color slide" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Carving a Comb. Using a western-style scout knife, an older Papuan man crafts a bamboo comb. During the war, such items were popular for both trade…
Finchhaffen Native Children 2
"Native village children with bows & arrows"
Finchhaffen Native Children 1
"5 native children, some naked at the Village above the Taro garden at Finchhaffen" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Village Children. As Hill wrote to Martha, the Papuan 'women stepped back in the shadows of their huts when they saw us, but the little kids…
Finchhaffen Mosquito Abatement 3
"Sgt Bob Casey, Mata, Moto, M/Sgt Tryk. Ice cubes - strange new things to local citizens #3 filter" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Ice Cube Friends. Mata and Moto, two boys from the Finschhafen area hired by the Army to spray for mosquitos, pose with Sgt…