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Street View of Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated street view of Cape Town, South Africa. Wagons, cars, people, and animals can be seen in the streets, and mountains in the background.
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Groot Constantia

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa, located just outside Cape Town, South Africa. Two women stand near the wall unde...
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Women and Girls

Date: 1910
Description: During her travels, Carrie wrote about the conditions of women in the area, including their literacy, social status, working conditions, and ownership righ...
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View of Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a bridge over a rocky river. In the lower left foreground people are near small, thatched roof buildings, with what appear to be wooden mi...
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People and Dog Sitting Outside

Date: 1910
Description: Three children, an adult, and a dog sitting outside of a thatched home. The children appear to be preparing food. All of the children are unclothed. In her...
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Girls Gathering Grains

Date: 1910
Description: Three girls standing in tall grass gathering a type of grain, with a thatched house and a hill in the background. The girls wear white blouses and skirts.
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Workers Separating Rice from Stalks

Date: 1910
Description: Two women stand while separating rice from the stalks. Two children stand between them to watch. The description on the lower right hand side says: "separa...
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Castle of Good Hope 2

Date: 1910
Description: View from inside the grounds of the facade of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, South Africa. A man stands on the balcony above the columned entrance.
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Group of Women

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a group of women posed outdoors in front of a building. During Carrie's travels, she spent time talking to local suffragettes and women's...
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Men Returning after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visiting a village. The tiger had been preying on livestock for a cou...
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Men watching Cock Fight

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from India, Carrie mentions cock fights, describing them as a "barbaric form of entertainment". Here is shown a group of men watching one su...
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Three Women Preparing Cotton

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Japan and South Korea, Carrie describes the process of preparing cotton to be used for yarn or clothing. This image shows three women w...
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People around Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from China, Carrie writes that most villages have "one wagon, which is used for carrying the people, supplies, and our luggage." She talks a...
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Man and Woman in Field

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Ceylon Carrie records: "Both men and women wear a sort of skirt made of a straight piece of cloth wound around the body." Here, a man i...
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Women Using Loom

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view of one woman using a loom and another woman preparing fibers for the loom to create siding for housing. This image was taken or purchased by C...
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Woman Carrying Pottery in Basket

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length portrait of a woman standing and holding a basket full of pottery on her head. There is more pottery in a pile on the ground near a bamboo fenc...
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Women in Kimonos Working

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of two women working. The woman on the left is kneeling on the ground and chopping tea on a wooden board. The woman standing in ...
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Three Women Seated Around a Table

Date: 1910
Description: The women sit at a table on which are papers with Asiatic lettering, along with a teapot and teacups. Behind the group are sliding wooden door panels. In f...
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Man and Woman Preparing Wool

Date: 1910
Description: A man and a woman squat on a mat on the floor, whipping wool to prepare it for use. They wear white scarves on their heads. The bottom right of the image c...
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Women Carrying Grain

Date: 1910
Description: Five women, four of them carrying large sacks of grain on their head, stand behind a group of women sitting on the ground. All of them are wearing head wra...

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