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    • President Kwame Nkrumah at Achimota, Ghana

    • President Kwame Nkrumah at Achimota, Ghana

    • Ceremonies; Dignitaries

    • I took this photo in late August or early September 1963 outside the chapel at Achimota School, Accra, Ghana, during my assignment as a secondary school teacher there. President Kwame Nkrumah was present for the official memorial service for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reading "Mad"

    • Reading "Mad"

    • Host families

    • Taken about December, 1964, the photo shows Gregorio Dedal, the owner of the home we two Volunteers stayed in for the two years of our Peace Corps service. My parents sent me the Mad magazine and I shard it with Mr. Dedal. I don't know that he...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roger and Richard and Playground Workers

    • Roger and Richard and Playground Workers

    • Secondary projects

    • In Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, Philipines, Volunteers Richard and Roger worked with the city to plan and build a public playground for the children of this rural area. The photo shows us measuring out the site of the seesaws. Taken...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roger Supervising Playground Workers

    • Roger Supervising Playground Workers
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    • Taken about June, 1964, the photo shows Roger, my Peace Corps partner, in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, Philippines, supervising town workers provided by Mayor Bautista, in creating a town children's playground. We ultimately set up several...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sabde Society

    • Sabde Society

    • celebrations

    • I believe that this picture was taken while visiting Valeria Starkey and Pat Kirk in Voinjama, Lofa County. On this day young girls were being inducted into the Sande Society. The picture depicts their parade thru town.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sarge and Me

    • Sarge and Me

    • Shriver, Sargent; Anniversaries

    • Pictured are Sargent Shriver (l), the first Peace Corps Director, and Paul Arfin (Colombia 1963-1965) in Washington DC to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Peace Corps
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sarge Discusses the Peace Corps Name

    • Sarge Discusses the Peace Corps Name

    • Shriver, Sargent

    • Sarge was open and frank in his discussions with Philippine Group III Volunteers. We asked him about how the organization came to be named “Peace Corps,” if he thought that name wasn’t a bit pretentious and fatuous given the kind of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Shriver and Volunteers at Tolosa Leyte

    • Shriver and Volunteers at Tolosa Leyte

    • Shriver, Sargent

    • Tolosa Leyte, where the meeting was conducted, was code-named “White Beach” when General Douglas MacArthur and the American forces invaded Leyte in October 1944. MacArthur’s famous “I shall return” landing took place just a few yards from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Photo of Household Help

    • The Photo of Household Help

    • Host families

    • The young man who assisted us at the house asked one day if we could help fund a family photo. We were a little curious, but it became clear that he wanted a formal family photo with their first child. We thought it was a good idea, and we funded...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Skinny Volunteer!

    • The Skinny Volunteer!

    • Volunteers; Nutrition

    • The male volunteers in Guinea I all seemed to loose weight. But all said and done, what does one do with photos of skinny volunteers? Here, a photo is used to identify the booklet on his overseas experiences.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Village Craftmen's Pride

    • The Village Craftmen's Pride
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    • This walking suspension bridge near Macenta, Guinea, was made of rope, hand woven from local fibers. The photo dates from 1964. The villagers used the bridge, and travelers in vehicles used a ferry. In the late 1990, the RPCVs of Guinea were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To The Market

    • To The Market

    • Traditional dress; Cross-cultural transition

    • A Yoruba lady on her way to market in Nigeria just after arriving for our tour in January 1964.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tonga in Hyderabad, Sindh

    • Tonga in Hyderabad, Sindh

    • Transportation

    • Tonga on the street in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan back in 1962 - this was the equivalent of a cab and what we used when we left the train station. They were highly and brightly decorated and carried up to six people at once. See also the picture of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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