[Children participating in Flag Day ceremony in Pago Pago, American Samoa]

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Photograph of a large group of children holding their arms in front of them on a grassy field, participating in the Flag Day ceremony of American Samoa. The children are shirtless or wearing patterned clothing, many with other accessories and paint on their faces and arms. Several adults in light colored clothing stand behind and near the group of children, one in front of the group on the right side of the image. Also in the background are three American flags, long white buildings, and white houses on a tree-covered mountain.

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Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021 April 17, 1962.

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Photograph of a large group of children holding their arms in front of them on a grassy field, participating in the Flag Day ceremony of American Samoa. The children are shirtless or wearing patterned clothing, many with other accessories and paint on their faces and arms. Several adults in light colored clothing stand behind and near the group of children, one in front of the group on the right side of the image. Also in the background are three American flags, long white buildings, and white houses on a tree-covered mountain.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Writing on slide box "Samoa - Pago Pago - flag day"

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  • Preferred Citation: Sherwin J. Carlquist Collection, Botanical Research Institute of Texas Library, Fort Worth Botanic Garden.

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Sherwin J. Carlquist Collection

This collection consists of slides, photographs, negatives, and field notebooks created by Sherwin J. Carlquist, a mid-20th century American botanist and photographer, to document his field expeditions, observations, and specimen collections covering over 20 countries and five decades.

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  • April 17, 1962

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  • Jan. 31, 2024, 9:59 p.m.

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  • Jan. 11, 2025, 12:19 p.m.

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Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021. [Children participating in Flag Day ceremony in Pago Pago, American Samoa], photograph, April 17, 1962; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1639314/: accessed April 26, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Botanical Research Institute of Texas.

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