Photographs of New Guinea peoples
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 93-15A, USNM ACC 380528
name: label: Names
content: United States. Army
place: label: Place
content: New Guinea
topic: label: Topic
content: Soldiers
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: According to the donor, Edith L. Miller, the photographs were made by her brother while he was serving with the 163rd Regiment, 41st Division, US Army, in New Guinea during World War II. Which brother is not known, as Miller had four brothers: Arthur Eugene Wilks, Delbert Earl Wilks, George James Wilks, and Roy Clinton Peck.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1943-1945
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated together with pieces of barkcloth by Edith L. Miller to the National Museum of Natural History in 1990 (accession 380528). Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Susan Crawford in July of that year.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.93-15A
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of New Guinea people (mostly women and children), a boat, a village, and members of the United States Army.  Many images show the women holding packs of cigarettes, probably from soldiers.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Painted bark cloth from New Guinea, donated at the same time, held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 380528.