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Papaya plant, previously unseen on the Islands in Bikini Atoll, summer 1949

Description:
Images documenting the 1949 Bikini-Enewetak Resurvey Project. Caption in scrapbook: The vegetation of Bikini The papaya was not plentiful on Bikini, but these skinny specimens were found standing guard near a small ditch in the rear of the old Seabee installation on Bikini Island. No papayas were seen on Bikini in 1946. Radiological Survey of Bi... Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll
Display date:
1949
Location:
Marshall Islands
Format:
image
Collections:
Digital Public Library of America
Contributors:
University of Washington
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University of Washington
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