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![Shore near Matwomon[sic] [and] Hookers men make beautiful groups, preparing to embark, Budd's Ferry](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvc2hvcmUtbmVhci1tYXR3b21vbnNpYy1hbmQtaG9va2Vycy1tZW4tbWFrZS1iZWF1dGlmdWwtZ3JvdXBzLXByZXBhcmluZy10by1lbWJhcmstMWFhZGMyLTEwMjQuanBn/320/212/jpg "Shore near Matwomon[sic] [and] Hookers men make beautiful groups, preparing to embark, Budd's Ferry")
![[Buddhist monks at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, monk on right is playing a lute]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvYnVkZGhpc3QtbW9ua3MtYXQtcnVtdGVrLW1vbmFzdGVyeS1zaWtraW0tbW9uay1vbi1yaWdodC1pcy1wbGF5aW5nLWEtbHV0ZS05ZWU5NjYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Buddhist monks at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, monk on right is playing a lute]")
![[Group of well-dressed men and women in motorboat, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvZ3JvdXAtb2Ytd2VsbC1kcmVzc2VkLW1lbi1hbmQtd29tZW4taW4tbW90b3Jib2F0LW95c3Rlci1iYXktbG9uZy1pc2xhbmQtbnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Group of well-dressed men and women in motorboat, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.]")
![[Group of boys carrying loaves of bread from wagons near beach]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvZ3JvdXAtb2YtYm95cy1jYXJyeWluZy1sb2F2ZXMtb2YtYnJlYWQtZnJvbS13YWdvbnMtbmVhci1iZWFjaC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Group of boys carrying loaves of bread from wagons near beach]")
![[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and men over Potomac River]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvcmFmdC1vZi1ibGFua2V0LWJvYXRzLWZlcnJ5aW5nLWZpZWxkLWFydGlsbGVyeS1hbmQtbWVuLW92ZXItcG90b21hYy1yaXZlci1kMmU2NzUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and men over Potomac River]")
![Group of convicts ready to embark on a prison barge, Tiumin [i.e., T i umen]̦](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvZ3JvdXAtb2YtY29udmljdHMtcmVhZHktdG8tZW1iYXJrLW9uLWEtcHJpc29uLWJhcmdlLXRpdW1pbi1pZS10LWktdW1lbi04YmJhMmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Group of convicts ready to embark on a prison barge, Tiumin [i.e., T i umen]̦")
![[Men with herd of yaks, next to monastery, Lachung, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvbWVuLXdpdGgtaGVyZC1vZi15YWtzLW5leHQtdG8tbW9uYXN0ZXJ5LWxhY2h1bmctc2lra2ltLTNkYThlNi02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Men with herd of yaks, next to monastery, Lachung, Sikkim]")
