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

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creatorOf	Feininger, Andreas, 1906-. Photographs from the collection of William Schachtel, 1940-1993.	University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf	Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. After the giant concrete blocks are set and ready for use, they are lifted into place by this mobile crane which did similar service in enlarging the port of Pointe Noire, 600 miles south of Douala in the province of Gabon	National Archives at College Park
creatorOf	Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. An Orton crane and a Ross fork-lift are among the American machines supplied by Economic Cooperation Administration for heavy duty in the sawmill yard at Eseka, headquarters of Les Bois du Cameroun	National Archives at College Park
creatorOf	Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. Athough cattle raising is restricted to the northern part of the Cameroons because the tsetse fly makes breeding impossible in thickly populated areas, 1,156 tons of meat were exported from Douala in 1950	National Archives at College Park
creatorOf	Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. Economic Cooperation Administration money has also been spent on American tractors, bulldozers arches and other heavy equipment necssary to bring timber out of the swamp-filled, vine-entangled forests	National Archives at College Park
creatorOf	Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. Giant cranes like these jutting up over the construction work on the Eda dam have given Africa a new profile. They are a part of material and equipment amounting to $50,000 which has been purchased from America through the Marshall Plan. In the forground other heavy equipment is excavating for the site of the three turbines, the first of which will be in operations before the middle of 1953	National Archives at College Park
creatorOf	Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. Here the log is being picked up by the Orton crane to be swung to the conveyor belt, part of which can be seen at the extreme left	National Archives at College Park
creatorOf	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	National Archives at College Park
creatorOf	Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. When a log arrives at the Eseka sawmill, a Caterpillar tractor and a Hyster-arch are again used to drag it into the yard	National Archives at College Park
creatorOf	Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. Cameroons. When the log arrives at the Eseka sawmill, a Caterpillar tractor and Hyster arch are again used to drag it into the yard	National Archives at College Park