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Thatched Home on Poles

Date: 1910
Description: A thatched home raised up on poles. In her journal from her trip to Java, Carrie Chapman Catt describes how many homes were built in this manner in case of...
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Village

Date: 1910
Description: View across field towards a fenced village of elevated, thatched buildings.
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Victoria Falls 5

Date: 1910
Description: Victoria Falls, South Africa.
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Two Women with Flowers

Date: 1910
Description: Two women surrounded by flowers in the Philippines. They are wearing "voluminous blouses of a sheer material," as Carrie Chapman Catt describes in her jour...
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Workers Planting in Rice Field

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of workers in a rice field planting rice. Carrie Chapman Catt described the conditions of rice plantations in her journal from h...
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Victoria Falls 2

Date: 1910
Description: View of Victoria Falls, South Africa, looking East.
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Victoria Falls 4

Date: 1910
Description: View through trees of Victoria Falls, South Africa.
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Victoria Falls 6

Date: 1910
Description: View of Victoria Falls in South Africa.
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Two Women Filling Buckets

Date: 1910
Description: Two women filling wooden buckets in a courtyard. Both women are wearing kimonos.
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Victoria Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking over the Zambesi River towards Victoria Falls, South Africa.
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Victoria Falls 3

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Victoria Falls, South Africa, looking down at the Zambezi River.
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Zambezi Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the Zambezi Bridge from Palm Grove, South Africa.
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Street Scene with Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of an elevated view of a street scene which includes an assortment of carriages. In her journal of Ceylon, Carrie Chapman Catt r...
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Market Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a market scene. During her travels, Carrie enjoyed frequenting local markets to try new foods and observe the local people. Around the per...
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Lane Residence

Date: 1860
Description: A general view of the Lane residence, which is the birthplace of Carrie Lane, later Carrie Chapman Catt, noted woman suffrage leader.
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City Hall

Date: 1910
Description: City Hall in Cape Town, South Africa. In the background are mountains.
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Castle of Good Hope

Date: 1910
Description: Entrance to the Castle of Good Hope, which Carrie visited while in Cape Town, South Africa. A man in uniform stands near the entrance.
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Two Men

Date: 1910
Description: Carrie often described the clothing of the people wherever she was visiting. Here are two men, both wearing head wrappings, gold colored sashes, long sleev...
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Thatched Housing

Date: 1910
Description: Log and thatched homes. In a number of her journals, Carrie describes the conditions of housing. Many countries at the time still utilized thatched houses ...
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Two Women Bowing in Kimonos

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of two women bowing to each other on opposite sides of an entrance gate to a yard. In her diary from Japan and South Korea, Carr...

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