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- Teacher's Conference
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Peace Corps Directors; Williams, Aaron S.; Education; Teachers and students; -
1968 teacher conference in Bayaguana, Dominican Republic - Volunteer Photos
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- Tegucigalpa at Dusk
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Terrain; Urban sites -
View of Tegucigalpa, Honduras at dusk from the hillside barrio where a Peace Corps Volunteer photographer during his years in Honduras. February, 1970. - Volunteer Photos
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- Temporary Housing - Mauritania - 1966
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Someone (photographer unknown) took this picture of me in front of our temporary tent residence in rural Mauritania in 1966. - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 1: “A Most Surprising Number” Newspaper Article
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It’s not every day that one gets married… to a person of a different culture… in a far-off place… for next to nothing … in a wedding ceremony one wrote oneself… as part of a surprise number… at a farewell party (despedida)… with... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 2: The Assemblage
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Of the more than 30 remaining photos, The Despedida 1 – The Despedida 6 capture the essence of the event. The Despedida 2: The Assemblage, shows some of those gathered for The Despedida. Most did not realize they would be at a wedding ... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 3: Be My Wife and Share a Life
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The Despedida 3: Be My Wife and Share a Life shows me saying that “I, Geoffrey Alan Hirsch, take thee, Francia Marchan Villar, to be my wedded wife, to share a life, as long as we both shall live.” It’s the same concept as “’til death do... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 4: With This Love, I Thee Wed
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The Despedida 4: With This Love, I Thee Wed shows us at about the time we together proclaimed, “With this love, I thee wed.” Looking on are bridesmaid, Flor Andes, PCV groom, David Briscoe, the bride’s father, Quirico Villar, and Reverend... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 5: "are now husband and wife."
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The Despedida 5: “are now husband and wife.” It’s official! Jeff and Francy are legally married, a few people thinking to the contrary notwithstanding! - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 6: The Newlyweds
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The Despedida 6: The Newlyweds shows newlyweds Jeff and Francy Hirsch leaving the Bicol Teachers College (BTC) Little Theater. Well-wishers in white are BTC students (future teachers). The two children at right are fourth-graders in the BTC... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Director and cast of the Santa Barbara, Chile Christmas Pageant December 1967.
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My husband and I arrived in Chile in late September of 1967. Our town had never encountered Americans and were skeptical about why we were there, despite our best explanations. Perhaps as a test to win their confidence, their first request was that... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Money Bus
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All travel in upcountry Liberia was by taxi or “money bus”. There was no schedule. When a taxi driver got a full complement of at least 6 passengers he would leave. The Peugeot station wagon was the car of choice. The “money bus”... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Peace Corps in Chile, 1961 - 1968
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A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC... - Historical Papers and Articles
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- The President's Welcome
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Dignitaries -
His Excellency Hamani Diori, the first president of Niger, is personnally welcoming each 1967 Peace Corps Volunteer to Niger. The Volunteer welcome included a dinner with the President, the First Lady, other government officials, several embassy... - Volunteer Photos
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- Three Boys in a Window
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Three young boys stand in the window of a small library in Catacamas, Honduras. Taken during a photo tour of Peace Corps Volunteer projects in the area. April, 1969. - Volunteer Photos
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- Togolese Infant
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Host community friends; Clothing; Children -
Togolese infant on mothers back. Lama-Kara, Togo, 1968 - Volunteer Photos
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- Training Future Leaders
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Training leaders from Santa Rosa de Copan and Gracias de Lempira Honduras for the Federacion de Ahorro y Credito de Honduras. - Volunteer Photos
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- Tuareg Camel Riders
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Celebrations; Animals -
The Tuareg camel riders completed the 1967 Independence Day Parade in Niger. The Tuareg are the desert people of Northern Niger. The camels are sensitive to humidity and are limited to desert conditions. This is about 15.3 degrees latitude, the... - Volunteer Photos
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- Typical Transportation in Peru
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This photo, taken in 1969, shows men who were traveling from Limatambo, Peru, to an agricultural demonstration farm. The truck, typical of ones that transported both people and goods, had a flat tire, which was being fixed. - Volunteer Photos
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- Veli, Emine and Todd, Ayvali Koyu
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This photo was taken in 2005 on a return visit to Turkey, and Ayvali Koyu after 38 years. In 1967 Veli was a modern farmer, because he farmed with a horse, and not a water buffalo, and because his plow had a metal rather than wooded blade. Veli... - Volunteer Photos
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- Viva Bolivia!
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Flag-waving, music, marching and declamations are mandatory for any official event in Bolivia. Often, as in the case of this event, the inauguration of the new teachers' living quarters in the town of Comanche, all the school kids participate.... - Volunteer Photos
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