The Snapshots in Time Collection

Gallery: LABELED NATIVES

Village life along the Burma Road and the China-Burma border, recorded by American servicemen: women at looms and thread-winding tools, children in stilt-house doorways, and an elder smoking a cheroot. Bamboo rafts, thatched shelters, and a suspension bridge crossing round out this portrait of the hill communities Allied troops lived among.

Young Girl Carrying Infant in Cloth Sling, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Young Girl Carrying Infant in Cloth Sling, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Portrait of Local Burmese Women, CBI Theater, WWII Collection

Portrait of Local Burmese Women, CBI Theater, WWII Collection

Portrait of a Village Boy, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII (Kotec Collection)

Portrait of a Village Boy, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII (Kotec Collection)

Burmese Villagers Resting Under Thatched Shelter, CBI Theater, WWII

Burmese Villagers Resting Under Thatched Shelter, CBI Theater, WWII

Portrait of a Local Child Carrying an Infant, Burma/CBI Theater — WWII Kotec Collection

Portrait of a Local Child Carrying an Infant, Burma/CBI Theater — WWII Kotec Collection

Portrait of a Young Woman in Traditional Dress, Burma/CBI Theater, WWII Era

Portrait of a Young Woman in Traditional Dress, Burma/CBI Theater, WWII Era

Village Woman and Boy Winding Thread, China-Burma-India Theater, World War II

Village Woman and Boy Winding Thread, China-Burma-India Theater, World War II

Local Militiaman and Woman, China-Burma Theater

Local Militiaman and Woman, China-Burma Theater

Villager Spinning Thread Beneath a Stilt House, China-Burma Region, WWII Era

Villager Spinning Thread Beneath a Stilt House, China-Burma Region, WWII Era

U.S. Serviceman with Local Hill-Tribe Woman, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

U.S. Serviceman with Local Hill-Tribe Woman, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Hill-Tribe Children in Bamboo Stilt House Doorway, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Hill-Tribe Children in Bamboo Stilt House Doorway, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Woman Weaving Cloth on Backstrap Loom Beneath Stilt House, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Woman Weaving Cloth on Backstrap Loom Beneath Stilt House, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Local Woman Weaving at Traditional Loom, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era

Local Woman Weaving at Traditional Loom, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era

American Servicemen Crossing Suspension Bridge, CBI Theater, WWII

American Servicemen Crossing Suspension Bridge, CBI Theater, WWII

Bamboo River Raft with Thatched Shelter, Burma Theater, WWII-era

Bamboo River Raft with Thatched Shelter, Burma Theater, WWII-era

Local Villagers Resting by a Roadside, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Local Villagers Resting by a Roadside, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Portrait of an Elderly Local Man Smoking a Cheroot, CBI Theater, World War II

Portrait of an Elderly Local Man Smoking a Cheroot, CBI Theater, World War II

Thatched-Roof Village Structure, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Kotec Collection

Thatched-Roof Village Structure, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Kotec Collection

Local Market Scene with Vendors and Produce Baskets, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era

Local Market Scene with Vendors and Produce Baskets, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era

Portrait of a Local Woman Smoking a Pipe, China-Burma-India Theater (Kotec Collection, "Natives" Negatives)

Portrait of a Local Woman Smoking a Pipe, China-Burma-India Theater (Kotec Collection, "Natives" Negatives)

War-Damaged Corrugated Tin Buildings with Local Residents, CBI Theater, WWII

War-Damaged Corrugated Tin Buildings with Local Residents, CBI Theater, WWII

Project: 218081