Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. Lack of modern equipment made it impossible until recently to log many interior African timber areas. Now American-built Caterpillar Diesel

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Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. Lack of modern equipment made it impossible until recently to log many interior African timber areas. Now American-built Caterpillar Diesel tractors rumble over new jungle roads like armored tanks as they fight the battle of defense by hauling the strategically valuable azobe wood. Azobe is used for pilings and dock gates in such vital ports as Bordeaux, France

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Rodger, George.

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George Rodger photographed throughout Africa. From the description of Messakin Tiwal Nuba girl with lip plug, Kordofan, 1949 [picture] / George Rodger. 1949. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 56366354 ...