A Towering Monarch Fallen.
The trees of the rainforest rain from scrub to majestic type such as here pictured - a giant cottonwood. Prized very highly for its beautifully grained lumber is the African mahogany, quantities of which have been exported to Europe and America. Some mission residences have been constructed of finished white mahogany, the waxed grain supplanting the need for pictures.
ca. 1910 1910
still image
negatives
acetate negative : black-and-white ; 4 x 5 inches
Good, Albert Irwin, 1884-1975--Archives. Good, Mary Middlemiss, 1893- --Archives.
Cameroon. Africa--Cameroon
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Albert Irwin Good and Mary Middlemiss Good Papers, c. 1890s-1963.
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RG 170, Box 2C, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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