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New Guinea man-eaters bringing in their prey

J238943 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15998. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New Guinea - native tribes: "savage man-eaters" 2 warriors posed]

Photograph shows two warriors posing. J238841 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted in 1919 by Keystone. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

An English mission in New Guinea

Stereographic photograph showing English missionaries outdoors, with a group of New Guineans holding books. J238834 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 24215.

Preparing food from the sago palm, New Guinea

Natives among palm trees. J238815 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 24212. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Geogr More

One kind of water craft in which the New Guinea cannibal paddles to neighboring islands

Photo shows warriors, identified by photo publisher as "cannibals," in outrigger canoe. Stereo by Keystone. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Imperishable insects created by scientists. Washington, D.C. June 18. William R. Walton, Senior Entomologist of the Division of Cereal and Forage Insects, U.S. Department of Agriculture, whose unique hobby is the making of metal casts of all sorts of insects from the tiniest Scarab to the enormous six-inch Goliath Beetle, which feeds on the tropical vegetation of New Guinea. In his distinctly original work Mr. Walton uses the Galvano-Plasty method of metal coating, which he set about developing over 30 years ago. This is an electro-mechanical process similar to the electrotype process used in making newspaper cuts. 6/18/37

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A group of men standing next to each other in a field - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information More

[U.S. paratroopers landing in New Guinea] / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Caption on verso: Photograph shows another view of the U.S. paratroops landing in New Guinea. Below and to the right of the leading plane may be seen several parachutes in various stages of opening, swinging t More

Troops in Australia. American jeeps carried Australian military chiefs and cabinet ministers in a recent visit to battle areas in New Guinea. Air Vice-Marshall G. Jones is shown in the leading vehicle during the tour of the convoy

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One year of reciprocal aid. Australia has undertaken to expand the production and processing of her food, to supply the American armed forces in the Solomons, New Guinea, New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, in addition to those on the Australian mainland. Dried fruit is shown here, before being shipped to the fighting men

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A group of men standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W More

U.S. Army Forces in New Guinea. U.S. soldiers with their equipment are brought ashore in a landing barge from a transport of Buna, New Guinea, during the Allied offensive that drove the Japanese out of Papua

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Troops in Australia. American jeeps carried Australian military chiefs and cabinet ministers in a recent visit to battle areas in New Guinea. Air Vice-Marshall G. Jones is shown in the leading vehicle during the tour of the convoy

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea More

One year of reciprocal aid. Australia has undertaken to expand the production and processing of her food, to supply the American armed forces in the Solomons, New Guinea, New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, in addition to those on the Australian mainland. Dried fruit is shown here, before being shipped to the fighting men

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Official Australian photo. Title and other information from caption card. Trans More

Buna, New Guinea. A wounded man behind the lines on the Buna front being given a blood transfusion. Lieutenant J.J. Gotow, of Flint, Michigan, is assisting Captain W.F. Edwards, of New Albany, Indiana

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An operation on wounded American soldier is performed by Major George Marks. The soldier has been wounded in the arms and shoulders by shrapnel from a Jap mortar as he was storming a pillbox in New Guinea

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl More

Buna (vicinity), New Guinea. Native stretcher bearers in New Guinea carrying American wounded from the front lines pause to rest themselves and the soldiers in the shade of a coconut grove, enroute to hospitals in the rear

Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab More

Administering blood plasma to a wounded soldier at the portable hospital in New Guinea. Clayton Mitchell of Wyandotte, Michigan, and Major William Garlick of Baltimore, Maryland, are administering

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl More

Buna (vicinity), New Guinea. Native stretcher bearers in New Guinea carrying American wounded from the front lines pause to rest themselves and the soldiers in the shade of a coconut grove, enroute to hospitals in the rear

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Unloading wounded soldier from an assault boat. Soldiers wounded at the front are moved to the hospital in this manner. New Guinea

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A wounded American soldier gets a blood transfusion while assistants hover about the improvised cot. The scene is "somewhere in New Guinea"

Buna, New Guinea. A wounded man behind the lines on the Buna front being given a blood transfusion. Lieutenant J.J. Gotow, of Flint, Michigan, is assisting Captain W.F. Edwards, of New Albany, Indiana

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: C-418. Image source: American Red Cross. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Off More

Buna, New Guinea. Lieutenant Frederick P. Ross, of Boston, administering a transfusion to a wounded man in a portable hospital just behind the front lines

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: C-147. Image source: American Red Cross. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Off More

A wounded American soldier gets a blood transfusion while assistants hover about the improvised cot. The scene is "somewhere in New Guinea"

Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More More

Members of the United States tank force in New Guinea constructed the ingenious washing machine from two old drums and a motor-driven wire-laying winch. Private First Class Wally Rathgeb of Wenatchee, Washington, is doing his weekly wash

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Buna, New Guinea. Papuan natives shouldering litters carrying blood plasma to the evacuation stations just behind the front liine at Buna. They are given a large measure of credit for the Allied successes in New Guinea. The litters are made of betelwood, by hand, and bound with bark rope

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Wounded American soldiers given medical attention in New Guinea

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Buna, New Guinea. Papuan natives shouldering litters carrying blood plasma to the evacuation stations just behind the front liine at Buna. They are given a large measure of credit for the Allied successes in New Guinea. The litters are made of betelwood, by hand, and bound with bark rope

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: C-148. Image source: American Red Cross. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Off More

Buna, New Guinea. Lieutenant Frederick P. Ross, of Boston, administering a transfusion to a wounded man in a portable hospital just behind the front lines

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Administering blood plasma to a wounded soldier at the portable hospital in New Guinea. Clayton Mitchell of Wyandotte, Michigan, and Major William Garlick of Baltimore, Maryland, are administering

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Members of the United States tank force in New Guinea constructed the ingenious washing machine from two old drums and a motor-driven wire-laying winch. Private First Class Wally Rathgeb of Wenatchee, Washington, is doing his weekly wash

Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab More

A black and white photo of a group of people on a beach. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information More

Australia in the war. Men and supplies go to the front line at Buna. The trailer is hauled by an American jeep, one of the many uses which the versatile little vehicle has been put to in New Guinea

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea More

Lieutenant Hoyt A. Eason, Meridian, Mississippi, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

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A black and white photo of a group of soldiers. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More

An old photo of a man with a rifle. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta More

Lae, New Guinea. A United States Army Air Force A-20 attack plane pilot swooped down to within sixty feet of the ground to get this aerial view of smashed enemy planes. More than fifty Japanese planes, destroyed by Allied bombing and strafing raids, littered the airfield after the Allied attack. In this photograph, showing a small section of the dump, are three smashed medium bombers and four, possibly five, Zeros that will never fly again

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A black and white photo of a group of people on a beach. Office of War Information Photograph

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U.S. Negro troops in New Guinea. Part of a surveying crew of a Negro engineer unit. The two men shown in the picture received their basic training for surveying under the army's well-trained engineer officers. This photo was made in New Guinea where they are putting it now to practical use. Engineer task forces have proven an important factor in the New Guinea campaign

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Lieutenant Kenneth C. Sparks, Blackwell, Oklahoma, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More More

U.S. Negro troops in New Guinea. First Lieutenant Theodore R. Frierson, Chaplain, U.S. Army, holding a conference with several soldiers. Chaplain Frierson, aside from his regular duties, has become extremely popular with New Guinea troops, because of his promotion of a weekly "Soldier's Hour," a variety program

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Lieutenant Kenneth C. Sparks, Blackwell, Oklahoma, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

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Lieutenant Charles S. Gallup, Chicago, Illinois, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Japanese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

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Lieutenant Richard I. Bong, Poplar, Wisconsin, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

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Lieutenant Charles S. Gallup, Chicago, Illinois, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Japanese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl More

U.S. Negro troops in New Guinea. Captain John R. Campbell, Quartermaster Corps, left, and First Sergeant Richard Estes, right, giving technical advice to mechanics as to motor operations of one of the U.S. Army's famous "jeeps." Negro troops play an important part in New Guinea's transportation system

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U.S. Negro troops in New Guinea. Medical care is well provided for all American and allied forces in New Guinea. Here a field medical dispensary is set up and operated by a Negro medical detachment. Soldiers go daily for "sick calls" and any possible illness is checked or given immediate care

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U.S. Negro troops in New Guinea. Here's something unique. Two brothers, Master Sergeant Robert and Staff Sergeant Von Sapenter of the same unit in New Guniea form a crack team in handling their duties in the unit's regimental headquarters. They hold the jobs of "Regimental Sergeant Major" and "Personnel Sergeant Major," respectively

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A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More

Lieutenant Hoyt A. Eason, Meridian, Mississippi, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More More

Lae, New Guinea. A United States Army Air Force A-20 attack plane pilot swooped down to within sixty feet of the ground to get this aerial view of smashed enemy planes. More than fifty Japanese planes, destroyed by Allied bombing and strafing raids, littered the airfield after the Allied attack. In this photograph, showing a small section of the dump, are three smashed medium bombers and four, possibly five, Zeros that will never fly again

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information abou More

Captain Thomas J. Lynch, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, holder of the high combat score for the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

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A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W More

Natives aid Allied drive in New Guinea jungles. Natives who played a great part in the Allied success in New Guinea are addressed by General Vasey. Native police form a guard of honor as native carriers are presented with medals

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U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. A 37 mm. gun crew, part of a U.S. Army tank force in New Guinea, fires at an objective at Buna Mission. Empty shells, heaped hurriedly in the foreground, indicate intensity of fire. The action resulted in the complete rout of the foe with heavy losses as the American and Australian troops drove the Japanese from their last stronghold in Papua

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U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. On the beach of Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the bodies of slain Japanese soldiers lie a few steps from their shattered landing boat. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces

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A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces

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U.S. Negro troops in New Guinea. "Parade rest" command is given to soldiers holding "retreat" formation in New Guinea. Apparently third soldier is rear rank failed to hear command

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U.S. Negro troops in New Guinea. Heavy equipment "brigade" of a Negro engineer unit. Here technical army training have taught men how to operate and maintain heavy grading equipment, which is now being used for New Guinea's airfields and roads

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U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. Two American soldiers fire into a Japanese dugout before entering it for inspection during the Allied offensive that ended with the capture of Buna Mission, last Japanese point of resistence in the Papuan Peninsula. The Japanese suffered severe losses before their complete defeat in fighting that began with their drive toward Port Moresby on the Southern coast of New Guinea

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Captain Thomas J. Lynch, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, holder of the high combat score for the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More More

U.S. Negro troops in New Guinea. In New Guinea soldiers often find themselves with personal problems that regular army routine can't handle. Here American Red Cross service is an invaluable aid. Field Director Sylvester L. Reeder, fourteen-year veteran of that organization, has set up a field office to help them. At right, is Staff Sergeant Joseph D. Scott, who assists field director with his clerical work

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A train of six bombs from United States Army Air forces planes drops on the base of Mandang on the north coast of New Guinea held by the Japanese. During this raid more than thirty-eight tons of bombs were dropped on the airdrome and other vital objectives

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More More

A black and white photo of a body of water. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More

Two dead Japanese in a water filled shell hole somewhere in New Guinea, 1943

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A group of people riding on the back of a motorcycle. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea More

A train of six bombs from United States Army Air forces planes drops on the base of Mandang on the north coast of New Guinea held by the Japanese. During this raid more than thirty-eight tons of bombs were dropped on the airdrome and other vital objectives

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Lieutenant Richard I. Bong, Poplar, Wisconsin, a member of the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More More

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. Palm trees and branches lie strewn on the shell-churned soil of Buna Village, New Guinea, in the wake of the Japanese retreat before U.S. and Australian forces. The Japs were completely routed here with heavy losses

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A black and white photo of a man laying on a bed. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information More

Australia in the war. An American jeep serves as an ambulance for Australian troops in New Guinea. The versatile little car carries wounded men on stretchers back to the base

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Natives aid Allied drive in New Guinea jungles. Corporal R.D. Somerville being taken from a dressing station in New Guinea just after the fighting at Oive. Without the native carrier service, Allied casualties would have been greater in this area

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A black and white photo of a tractor and a bulldozer. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W More

A black and white photo of a man laying on a bed. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W More

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W More

Bombing of Hansa Bay, New Guinea / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

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Guinea. Historic map, Library of Congress

"Base 802846AI (C00295) 2-02." Relief shown by shading. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Guinea. Historic map, Library of Congress

"Base 802845AI (C00295) 2-02." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, sources, Correspondence and notes by culture, New Guinea, Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia

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