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Dobodura Hut Village
A thatch hut in a local Dobodura village. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"
Tags: Children, Huts, Natives, Oro Province, Villages
Dobodura Natives, Couple
A native, young woman and man, perhaps a couple. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"
Tags: Bare breasted, Beads, Costumes, Couples, Men, Natives, Oro Province, Women
Chess Game
"Chess game - 2 photo Lab members of 3rd Attack Group Photo section Fred Hill looks on" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Chessman at Ease. Fred Hill watches Photo Section men play chess. Waiting for their planes to return, men had time to read, take…
Tags: Chess, Darkroom, Games, Oro Province, Recreation, Soldier quote, Uniforms
Dobodura Natives, Women 6
"This widely copied picture is of a New Guinea mother known as 'Maude.' It is rumored that women nursed pigs frequently. Pigs were very valuable assets. To squat by a fire, she could flip the long breast over her shoulder."
Tags: Bare breasted, Beads, Children, Natives, Oro Province, Women
Dobodura Natives, Women 7
"Native girl leaning against a palm tree - bare breasted" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Melanesian Girl. During his months on the coast of eastern New Guinea, Hill photographed all genders, ages, and types of people. Here, and also in his letters to his…
Tags: Bare breasted, Beads, Darkroom, Melanesian, Natives, Oro Province, Palm trees, Soldier quote, Thatch skirt, Women
Dobodura Natives Chief
"A local native chief - One of the native chiefs at a big 'Sing Sing' celebration in the Dobodura area of New Guinea." "heat damaged from enlarger that we had at Dobodura Don't know what became of the 5x7 'Solar' enlarger - was not at Finch."…
Tags: Bare breasted, Celebration, Chiefs, Children, Darkroom, Head dress, Islands, Natives, Oro Province, Sing, Soldier quote, Women
Aerial, B-25's Formation 1
"5 B-25's in flight - perhaps over Louisiana. Serial numbers: 130420, 130443, 232237, 230477, unknown" From "Darkroom Soldier": "B-25 Mitchell Medium Bombers. Hill's 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron practice their bombing and strafing over…