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House of Parliament

Date: 1910
Description: External view of the Parliament house in Cape Town, South Africa. In the background are mountains.
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Girl using Spinning Wheel

Date: 1910
Description: A girl using a type of spinning wheel. She is wearing a kimono and a head wrapping.
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Group of People with Pottery

Date: 1910
Description: Group of people sitting on the ground outside of a thatched house with pottery.
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Workers Harvesting in Rice Field

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from China, Carrie Chapman Catt describes the rice plantations. All of the workers and their families lived on the compound and worked long ...
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Woman on Beach using Loom

Date: 1910
Description: A woman sitting on a beach using a loom. In her journals, Carrie often described looms and their use for making cloth for clothes, siding for houses, woven...
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Small Boat in China

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from China, Carrie describes a scene from the harbor: "There are a multitude of boats. The sails are colored like birch. The water under a c...
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Tiger Trap

Date: 1910
Description: During her visit to Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt. The men of the village built large wooden traps for the tiger, seen here with men posed around it...
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Tiger after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men who have taken the tiger out of the trap. In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visit...
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Group Posed Outside of Building

Date: 1910
Description: Group of people posing outside of a large building. In her journal from China and the Philippines, Carrie describes the roofs as "horn-like," as seen in th...
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Portrait of Four Women

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of four women. Two women are seated and two are standing. They are all wearing shawls, skirts, and sashes. In her travel journals, Carrie of...
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Temple Building in China

Date: 1910
Description: One of the buildings at one of the temples Carrie visited in China. Carrie visited many temples and during her travels read many books on local custom and ...
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Newly Constructed Trestle Bridge outside Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: View of the newly constructed trestle bridge outside of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Zambezi River and Railroad Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View of Zambezi River, South Africa, from a boat tour. The railroad bridge is in the far background.
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Groote Schuur

Date: 1910
Description: View down tree-lined drive of Groote Schuur, an estate once owned by the East India Trading Company in Cape Town, South Africa.
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People near Stream

Date: 1910
Description: Four people near a stream. One person standing on rocks in the stream is carrying a jug on their head.
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People Working in a Field

Date: 1910
Description: People working in a field. Beside them is a basket full of a type of food.
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Nurse with Young Girl and Mother

Date: 1910
Description: A nurse with a young girl and mother. The young girl is wearing gold bracelets commonly worn by children of more affluent families at the time, and her mot...
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Portrait of Qiu Jin

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Chinese revolutionary and feminist Qiu Jin in "European dress." She is standing near a table and holds an object in her ri...
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Women and Children Sitting Outside

Date: 1910
Description: Four people sitting on the ground outside of a shelter with a thatched roof. The woman on the left is styling a girl's hair. The woman on the right is hold...
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Street Performers

Date: 1910
Description: Four men wearing head wraps posing in a wide-legged stance. A group of people stand behind a fence in the left background watching. Carrie describes in her...

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