South American travel photographs, 1915-1916.

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South American travel photographs, 1915-1916.

Photographs showing scenes of native life, countryside, environment, birds, reptiles, mammals, fish, insects, various crops, and the expedition staff in the field including group portraits with Theodore Roosevelt. Countries visited in South America were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Photographs were taken by Leo Edouard Miller and George Kruck Cherrie. Copy photographs by Julius Kirchner. Photographs are identified.

319 photonegatives : b&w glass.15 photonegatives : b&w.305 photoprints : b&w (27 mounted on file cards)3 albums (726 photoprints) : b&w mounted.13 transparencies : b&w.

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