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PHOTO0000001849

English transcription: Seismogramme registered by the Institut de Physique Globale in Paris showing earthquake in Chile, 22 and 23 May 1960.
French transcription: Sismogramme du tremblement de terre du Chili enregistré les 22 et 23 Mai 1960 par l'Institut de Physique Globale de Paris.
Description: A seismogramme with the dates 22 MAI 1960 and 23 MAI 1960.

PHOTO0000001596

English transcription: North-eastern arid zone. Erosion of a farm's cultivated soil.
French transcription: Zone aride du nord-est. Érosion d'une terre cultivée à côté d'une ferme.
Description: Deeply ridged and eroded land in front of a leaning mud brick farmhouse and a barn (both with corrugated iron roofs), and a series of wooden stockades. In front of the house, a woman in white, and another in black - holding a baby - are looking at the camera. Three chickens can be spotted.
Location: Iguatu (Ceară State).

PHOTO0000001515

English transcription: The Misti volcano in the Western Range.
French transcription: Le Misti, volcan de la Cordillère occidentale.
Description: A dirt road meandering along a snow-capped mountain range with volcano. Some trucks and people are visible and there is a high pile of rocks on right of the photo and wall at top of path.

PHOTO0000001668

English transcription: Windmill (catavento) used for draining water from the brackish marshes of the rio Grande do Norte.
French transcription: Roue éolienne (Catavento) pour élever l'eau dans les marais salants près du Rio Grande do Norte.
Description: In isolated area. A windmill in the salt marshes.
Location: Mossoro.

PHOTO0000005188

French transcription: Conférence Mondiale de l'Année de la Femme. Séance d'ouverture.
Description: It is a conference, we can see a big room full of people. In the background, are sitting the persons talking to the crowd. There are a lot of flags right above them, and a emblem with the female symbol.
Location: Mexico.

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