Beach front hotel on Majuro

Beach front hotel on Majuro

Lagoon shoreline on Majuro

Typical atoll shoreline showing lagoon and breakers on barrier reef on ocean side.

Ocean side of coral atoll island showing barrier reef. Note coral rubble beach.

Lagoon side with native dwellings

Lagoon side of coral atoll

Clearing palm trees for construction of Majuro Airport

Palm lined main road on Yap

Stone lined path between villages

Old man named Marcus with betlenut bag escorting American scientist team between villages.

Outrigger canoe. To launch, the outrigger would be raised allowing the canoe to slide down the incline.

Native men's meeting house

Thatch roof and woven bamboo walls on native dwelling

Native home with Yapese money stones indicating great wealth. Stones were mined on Palau and carried by outrigger canoe 300 miles. Money stones are quarried from stalactites in limestone caves.

Small native house

Village chief's house with many money stones

Beach erosion causing palm trees to topple.

Small native storage building

Crossing of the cultures - Roman Catholic shrine on Yapese money wheel

Native structure on lagoon

Man-made boat canal through mangrove swamp

Dr. James P. McVey deciding how to spend the money.

Yap from the air - a highly eroded volcanic island

Lagoon scene

Koror Harbor east entrance showing barrier reef to outside and patch reefs in lagoon. North side of entrance. Uplifted limestone islands.

Koror Harbor east entrance showing barrier reef to outside and patch reefs in lagoon. South side of entrance. Uplifted limestone islands.

Limestone islets in karst topography of Palau.

West entrance to Koror Harbor - the main ship channel

West entrance to Koror Harbor - the main ship channel from Malakal Island

Palau boatyard on Malakal Island

The causeway between Malakal and Koror Islands

The T-dock commercial area on Koror with Babelthaup Island in the background.

Palau Fisheries Office and Fisheries Coop dock in center - Van Camp tuna freezing facility in lower right.

View showing limestone topography - Continental hotel in far right center

Van Camp tuna freezing plant and Palau Harbor port facilities

Micronesian Mariculture Demonstration Center - now Palau Mariculture Center

A sunfish sailboat on the lagoon

Low cloud on the volcanic cliffs

Low cloud on the volcanic cliffs

Volcanic cliffs

Volcanic cliffs

Volcanic cliffs

District center of Ponape

School at Kolonia

An old Japanese tank left at Kolonia

Catholic Church at Kolonia

Lagoon scene

Native hotel bungalows

Bending vines for basket construction