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Mika Thompson, Sparkman & Stephens Nevins Sloop, before departing her hometown Sydney, Australia in 1935.

Mika Thompson in 1941 pregnant with baby, Brenda, in Peru.

Mika visits the Ashanti tribe in Africa. The photo was taken by Mika Thompson of Local's Dancing, 1936.

Mika Thompson with Brenda Thompson as they settle into their first home in Santa Cruz, CA 1947.

Mika Thompson surfs Hawaii, 1939.