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Scope and Contents Photograph album containing 200 black-and-white photographs documenting Edward Dana's travels in Venezuela between the years 1928 and 1930. Many photographs show street life of villages and cities near Maracaibo and generally speaking those in northwest Venezuela. Dana's travels took him throughout Venezuela. Many cities and places are documented in the photograph album including Maracaibo, Paraguaipoa army outpost, Barcelona, Caracas, Colón, Betijoque, Valencia, Barquisimieto,...

Scope and Contents Photograph album containing 140 black-and-white photographs showing Edward Dana's car tour of the Goajira peninsula in both Colombia and Venezuela. All the photographs include typescript captions which detail the specifics of every photograph and contextualize the Goajira Peninsula and the Goajira indigenous groups within the fabric of Colombia and Venezuela. The photographs document the natural landscapes of the region including the Canal of Garabuy, La Teta mountain, and the plains of...

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Small box containing 145 handwritten note cards by Dana describing his experiences on both of the tours documented in the above mentioned photograph albums. Grouped by subjects like Maracaibo, La Rosa, Cabimas, Peon Helpers, Lagunillas, Oil Fires, Cattle by Boat, Offshore Indian Villages, Santa Rosa, Indians on Wash Day, Goajira Indian Types, and White Indians.

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#'s 66-127