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: Aloha Baker and Shangaan woman in Mozambique; View of Shangaan woman pouring liquid from gourd into a cup held by Aloha Baker. Handwritten on sleeve: "Mozambique, hostess pouring fresh milk from her calabash (gourd)."

: Aloha Baker and Shangaan women; View of Aloha Baker watching Shangaan women use mortar and pestles. Handwritten on sleeve: "Mozambique, Shangaan wives pound corn, husbands dig diamonds in British South Africa."

: Aloha Baker and Siberian soldiers; View of Aloha Baker and soldiers saluting in Siberia. Typed on front: "Soviet Siberia, 1924." Handwritten on back: "Siberia, from 'Car & Camera.'"

: Aloha Baker and Siberian soldiers; View of Aloha Baker with Siberian soldiers. Typed on back: "Ceremony or execution? From the look on her face, Aloha wasn't quite sure whether her escorts wished to honor or execute her when this photo was taken in Vladivostok. Fortunately, the Siberian Soviet soldiers were only escorting her to a formal ceremony where they made her an honorary 'Colonel' in their Siberian regiment."

: Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell at Summer Palace, Beijing; View of Aloha Baker, Walter Wanderwell and member of expedition crew posing in front of bronze lion at Summer Palace, Beijing. Wanderwell car in background. Handwritten on back: "Jacob of our Egyptian crew rejoined us in Peking. Bronze lion before Summer Palace, page 445, Encyl. Peking, 1924."

: Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell at overlook, Rio de Janeiro; View of Aloha Baker, Walter Wanderwell and member of Wanderwell expedition at overlook in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wanderwell car on right.

: Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell in Beijing; View of Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell and unidentified man posing with car no. 3 in Beijing, China. Building in background. Handwritten on back: "A la porte de l'ouest, Peking, 24."

: Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell in China; View of Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell standing in front of building in China. Handwritten on sleeve: "AW & Cap in front of bldg., Asia, China, 1924.", ASI-517

: Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell in China; View of Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell in China with car no. 2. Pagoda on hill in background. Handwritten on back: "[undecipherable] A.W. #3 car, 7 stories Heaven tower. China, 1924."

: Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell in China; View of Aloha Baker and Walter Wanderwell posing with cars no. 2 and no. 3 in Chinese village. Man carrying baskets in foreground; houses in background. Handwritten on back: "Between Canton & Kowloon, '24." Stamped on back: "Mee Fong Studio, no. 7 Wyndham St., Hong Kong."

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