Bamboo Water Tubes 1
Homes
Huts
Native peoples
"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 hose. Once their bamboo cylinders filled, they packed that purified American water home -- one gallon in each hand." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
8/23/1944
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Bamboo Water Tubes 2
Native peoples
"Biak native filling his bamboo water carrying tube at a hose leak at a military fresh water source on Biak, Netherlands, New Guinea"
Hill, Fred
8/23/1944
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Biak Native Fishing
Fishing
Native
Peoples
"Local native man poses with fishing bow and arrow aboard large outrigger boat. Biak - New Guinea" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fishing Arrow. Standing on his canoe, a Biak fisherman demonstrates how he draws his bow and sights his fishing arrow." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
1944
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Biak Native Homes 2
Homes
Huts
Native peoples
"Native homes on stilts over the bay waters"
Hill, Fred
1944
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Biak Native Homes 4
Homes
Huts
Native peoples
"Native homes - on stilts over the water - Soldier's laundry hanging on walk-way railings"
Hill, Fred
1944
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Biak Native Homes 5
Homes
Huts
Native peoples
"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 described the village: 'The huts are built on pilings out from the base of the cliff a hundred feet or so. Walkways connect most of the houses. Palm trees grow between the ridge and the huts....' The men photographed two types of traditional houses: 'rum som, a house of blood relatives... occupied by parents (Father and Mother) and their son who was married
rum sram, a youth house...occupied by young men [and]...used...as a traditional educational centre...for [learning] warfare, hunting, fishing, gardening, etc.' At one house, Hill photographed an enterprising native woman drying GI laundry on a hand railing." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
8/23/1944
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2010.1.295
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 1
Birthdays
Dances
Native peoples
"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 whose reigning monarch was the popular Queen Wilhelmina. By August 1944, her birthday on the 31st had become Koninginnedag, a national holiday. As Hill recorded, men, women, and children on Biak observed their 'Queen's' 66th birthday -- and perhaps the end of Japanese control -- with apparent gusto by singing and dancing and drumming and playing and feasting on the beach. With Japanese forces diminished, 'Netherlands officials [by August 31 were gradually bringing] the native population back under Dutch control as rapidly as each area was cleared of troops. Some native laborers were supplied to the HURRICANE Task Force, and native scouts proved of real help during mopping-up operations." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
8/31/1944
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Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 2
Birthdays
Dances
Native peoples
"Local people at a "Sing Sing" to celebrate Dutch Queen Wilamina's Birthday - Gov't supplied crepe paper hats"
Hill, Fred
8/31/1944
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2010.1.267
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 3
Birthdays
Dances
Native peoples
"Native people of Dutch New Guinea celebrating Netherlands Queen Wilamina's Birthday - crepe paper hats supplied by Gov't""
Hill, Fred
8/31/1944
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2010.1.281
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 4
Babies
Birthdays
Dances
Native peoples
"A native mother with child in a sling on her back - Participants in a "sing sing" celebrating Dutch New Guinea Queen Wilamina's Birthday. Crepe paper hats were supplied by Gov't. Biak is in Dutch New Guinea"
Hill, Fred
8/31/1944
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