Mindoro Tribesmen
Native peoples
"Mindoro natives - one with watermelon" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Mangyan Tribesmen. Possibly Hanunoo, these men display traditional tribal dress: a bahag (loincloth), a bayong (bag for knife, comb, etc), and a panyo (head-band for long hair). Hill and his friends traded buns for the watermelon carried by the man on the right." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
2/17/1945
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2010.1.1496
Lingayen Gulf Fishing 1
Beaches
Fishing
Native peoples
"Fishing - Lingayen Gulf - Luzon"
Anonymous
1945
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2010.1.515
Hollandia Native Homes 3
Boats
Homes
Huts
Native peoples
"Native homes on stilts over water. Ship moving 17th Sqdn and others - to Biak - layed over several days at Hollandia. Fred Hill went ashore with Merch. Marine pig boat"
Hill, Fred
1944
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2010.1.237
Hollandia Native Homes 2
Boats
Homes
Huts
Native peoples
"Humbolt Bay Local Homes" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Native Homes, Humboldt Bay. Hill and two other Photo Section men persuaded an officer on the Russell Sage that they needed to document 'squadron history.' Accepting this ruse, the captain allowed the three photographers to go ashore with the 'Pig Boat' -- a motorized launch used to ferry men and supplies between ship and shore. On one of those trips, the photographers persuaded the 'Pig Boat' skipper to drive close to these native homes. Perched on piling and scaffold above the salt water, this architecture protected coastal native peoples from hostile interior tribes and gave easy access to their fleet of dugout canoes used for traveling, fishing, and trading." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Anonymous
1944
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2010.1.236
Finchhaffen Natives, Couple
Couples
Native peoples
"Papua New Guinea 'Police Boy' and his wife" From "Darkroom Soldier": 'Finschhafen Couple. On his trek to a local village, Hill met and interviewed this native policeman and one of his two wives. The English-speaking man was a ANGUA corporal. Hill would have learned that native policemen were trained, armed with rifles, distributed throughout the country, and 'amazingly efficient, brave, and loyal. They act as guides and interpreters. Many a governmnt official owes his life to their accurate shooting or their ability to get food or to outtalk troublesome natives." He also noted that the wives in this village wanted to buy needles using Australian coinage." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
1944
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2010.1.187
Finchhaffen Natives Woodworking 2
Children
Native peoples
Woodworking
"Local native man using an adze tool shaping a wood item"
Anonymous
1944
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2010.1.206
Finchhaffen Natives Woodworking 1
Children
Native peoples
Woodworking
"Local native man using an adze tool shaping a wood item - from a color slide original" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Hill frequently documented Papuan tribesmen performing activities which he admired, but due to language and cultural restraints, he could only partly identify what he photographed. Here, a tribesman wields a hand adz for an unidentified work while his son watches." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
1944
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2010.1.205
Finchhaffen Native, Carving
Carving
Native peoples
"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 and domestic use." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
6/8/1944
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2010.1.207
Finchhaffen Native Sells Coconuts
Native peoples
"Cocoanut Salesman who came through our 17th Recon Camp area" (Negative sleeve seems to be in error - "Binmaley, 1945") From "Darkroom Soldier": "Coconut Peddler. Papuan tribesman regularly harvested coconut as a staple. Here, a vendor balances a full load on his should pole as he hawks his wares to the soldiers -- hatchet for opening husks in his right hand." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
1944-05
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2010.1.663
Finchhaffen Native Children 2
Children
Native peoples
"Native village children with bows & arrows"
Hill, Fred
5/15/1944
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2010.1.1374