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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1959

Dominican Republic determined by a flag of the Chief Commander of Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic. Depicts smaller villages as well as street scenes of more modern town with cars. Scenes of marketplaces, churches, horses and donkeys, ancient ruins. Thatched roof huts. Locals washing clothes in river. Store sign “Haytian Handicrafts.” Helen Miller Bailey in straw hat riding a horse. Locals working, bartering. Helen Miller Bailey at a stately colonial building. Seaside town. Boat named “Ecuador”; store sign “Alexander Hamilton Supply Hardware Store est. 1759.” A harbor with boats, women unloading cargo, fishermen tending to nets.

 

 

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