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Algerians Praying

Date: 1927
Description: Algerian Muslims touching their foreheads to the ground in prayer outside of a mosque.
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Girl at a Well

Date: 1927
Description: A Kabyle girl holding a pail at the well, with another pail sitting on the ground at her feet. The well has a stone wall around it with a rope and pulley s...
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Flume and Mill House

Date: 1927
Description: Two men are standing in front of a stone mill house and wooden flume. Another man is just visible crouching inside the doorway of the mill house. The flume...
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Cap Carbon and Lighthouse

Date: 1927
Description: A switchback path leading to Cap Carbon and the lighthouse perched near the summit of the peninsula. The lighthouse is built on top of a giant rock that pr...
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Giant Prehistoric Ox Horns and Skull

Date: 1927
Description: A man is holding the broken end of a giant prehistoric ox horn next to the rest of the horns and partial skull to show the size. It is noted that they meas...
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Workmen at Mechta

Date: 1927
Description: Workmen excavate at an archaeological site at Mechta. M. Bebruge is the man in the foreground. A man sitting on the ground in the background on the right i...
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Skull at Mechta

Date: 1927
Description: A skull at the bottom of a excavation at Mechta. A digging pick has been included to show scale.
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Plastering Straw Stacks with Clay

Date: 1927
Description: Algerian men are plastering a straw stack with clay. Another straw stack can be seen on the right. Hills are barely visible in the distance. An out-of-focu...
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Alonzo Pond Taking Movies of the Market

Date: 1927
Description: Alonzo Pond using a movie camera at the market. Behind him people are walking among a number of camels sitting on the ground.

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