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"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Girl sitting with her back to the camera, showing hairstyle (print is a cropped image)
"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Girl sitting with her back to the camera, showing hairstyle (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31709
Display Title "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Girl sitting with her back to the camera, showing hairstyle (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist Merl La Voy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Omusati / <County> / Ruanca / Ruacana Falls
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": View below Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31708 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": View below Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
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"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": View below Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31707 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": View below Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
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2001.29.31712 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Woman standing (print is a cropped image)
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"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31704 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
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"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Ruacana Falls and rapids below (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31706 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Ruacana Falls and rapids below (print is a cropped image)
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"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31703 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
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"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Top of Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31735 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Top of Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
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"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Two men standing on the rocks at the top of Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31741 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Two men standing on the rocks at the top of Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
Ruacana Falls
"1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Two men standing at the top of Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31740 "1950 '400 Series' / 41 prints": Two men standing at the top of Ruacana Falls (print is a cropped image)
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