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Ibu;Okinawa;Japan

 Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Newly built thatched-roof house, July 26, 1947

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: H-15
Scope and Contents

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "A newly built house in the village of Ibu, Okinawa. The roof, a new thatch beginning to fade from green but still smelling like new-mown hay, is made of young bamboo, and the walls are a wickerwork of bamboo canes. A small boy is standing in the shadow on the porch at the right."

Dates: July 26, 1947

Sorghum and a grass shelter, July 26, 1947

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: H-14
Scope and Contents

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Grain sorghum growing on Shioya loamy sand near the village of Ibu, Okinawa, with a grass shelter for a cow beyond the grain. Pandanus leaves show in the left foreground and there is forest on the mountain slopes in the background."

Dates: July 26, 1947