Collection of photographs of U.S. Army Philippine Scouts

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  Collection of Philippine hemp fiber industry photographs

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  After the Philippines became a colony of the United States in 1898, Manila hemp became the nation's most important export item, making up 72% of the nation's total export value. The material was widely used for making rope, twine, paper, bags, shoes, hats, dresses, and other everyday commodities. The collection includes 36 loose photographs. These include images of Filipino workers cultivating, transporting, and processing fibers from hemp plants. Also included are photographs of Filipino and presumably, American workers operating and posing with hemp processing machinery. Other photographs include industrial machines for breaking and spinning fibers, ships for transporting, Henequen plants and Manila trees, Manila hemp fibers hung for drying, Manila hemp seeds, and an image of a native Philippine shelter.

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  After the Philippines became a colony of the United States in 1898, Manila hemp became the nation's most important export item, making up 72% of the nation's total export value. The material was widely used for making rope, twine, paper, bags, shoes, hats, dresses, and other everyday commodities. The collection includes 36 loose photographs. These include images of Filipino workers cultivating, transporting, and processing fibers from hemp plants. Also included are photographs of Filipino and presumably, American workers operating and posing with hemp processing machinery. Other photographs include industrial machines for breaking and spinning fibers, ships for transporting, Henequen plants and Manila trees, Manila hemp fibers hung for drying, Manila hemp seeds, and an image of a native Philippine shelter.

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  Photographs related to the U.S. Navy in the Philippines and New Guinea during World War II

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  A collection of 447 photographs in two albums and other material related to the U.S. Navy in the Philippines and New Guinea during World War II. The photographs were made by commercial photographer and sailor H. Leroy Carlson, who created the albums as an inventory of his images for sale as souvenirs and postcards. A printed catalog with descriptive captions accompanies the albums. The first volume contains photographs taken in Finchhaven, British New Guinea (April 1944), and Hollandia and vicinity, Dutch New Guinea, from 1944 to 1945, including Japanese prisoners of war. The second volume of photographs were taken in the Philippines (1945), with scenes in Mindoro, Manila, Luzon, Tacloban, San Antonio, and a U.S. Navy receiving station. Images depict New Guinea and Filipino people in portraits and daily activities, along with street scenes, shops, rural villages, houses, tropical gardens, wedding celebrations, fishing, and other activities. Images in the Philippines include bombed-out buildings, schools, churches, a Chinese cemetery, indigenous Mangyan people, and Javanese (Indonesian people). U.S. military personnel are seen working, in barracks, on navy ships, and participating in recreational activities. Three of Carlson's 16mm motion picture films are also part of the collection: one of the naval Seabees Camp in New Guinea during World War II; and two home movies of Carlson family trips to New York, Nicaragua, Yellowstone, and Canada. Other personal materials are: a volume of clippings (1947-1949) of Carlson's photographs published in Lake Tahoe, California newspapers; the Cine-Kodak Magazine 16mm movie camera used to shoot the films; and several snapshots, negatives, color slides, and miscellaneous ephemera related to Carlson and his family. A hand-held Airequipt automatic 35mm slide changer (1950s?) for viewing color slides is also part of the collection.

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  Photograph album of U.S. Army Camp McKinley, Honolulu, Hawaii

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  An album of photographs documenting American soldiers at Camp McKinley, the first U.S. military post in Hawaii. The camp was established in August 1898, just days after Hawaii's annexation by the United States. The album begins with six images of a mainland military camp, most likely Camp Merritt near San Francisco, and a street scene in what appears to be San Francisco. The next images show soldiers in candid scenes on the deck of a ship, presumably on their voyage to Hawaii. The remaining photographs are in Hawaii, showing soldiers next to canvas tents, in drilling exercises, and in scenes around camp. Soldiers' tents are also seen inside the racetrack at Kapiolani Park. Some images depict Native Hawaiians posing in front of their houses or with American soldiers. There is also one view of Honolulu's main street, and some views of Diamond Head, local agricultural crops, and a stone church. There is no writing in the album and the identity of the photographer and compiler of this album is unknown.

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  H. Leroy Carlson collection of photographs from New Guinea and the Philippine Islands

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  A collection of 447 photographs in two albums and other material related to the U.S. Navy in the Philippines and New Guinea during World War II. The photographs were made by commercial photographer and sailor H. Leroy Carlson, who created the albums as an inventory of his images for sale as souvenirs and postcards. A printed catalog with descriptive captions accompanies the albums. The first volume contains photographs taken in Finchhaven, British New Guinea (April 1944), and Hollandia and vicinity, Dutch New Guinea, from 1944 to 1945, including Japanese prisoners of war. The second volume of photographs were taken in the Philippines (1945), with scenes in Mindoro, Manila, Luzon, Tacloban, San Antonio, and a U.S. Navy receiving station. Images depict New Guinea and Filipino people in portraits and daily activities, along with street scenes, shops, rural villages, houses, tropical gardens, wedding celebrations, fishing, and other activities. Images in the Philippines include bombed-out buildings, schools, churches, a Chinese cemetery, indigenous Mangyan people, and Javanese (Indonesian people). U.S. military personnel are seen working, in barracks, on navy ships, and participating in recreational activities. Three of Carlson's 16mm motion picture films are also part of the collection: one of the naval Seabees Camp in New Guinea during World War II; and two home movies of Carlson family trips to New York, Nicaragua, Yellowstone, and Canada. Other personal materials are: a volume of clippings (1947-1949) of Carlson's photographs published in Lake Tahoe, California newspapers; the Cine-Kodak Magazine 16mm movie camera used to shoot the films; and several snapshots, negatives, color slides, and miscellaneous ephemera related to Carlson and his family. A hand-held Airequipt automatic 35mm slide changer (1950s?) for viewing color slides is also part of the colleciton.

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