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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | South American advertising poster for International trucks showing a color illustration of a truck hauling sacks in a desert-like environment with a horse-... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the tomb where Jesus is believed to be the buried. A Ro... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Sphinx at Giza in Egypt. Three men are standing or sitting on the shoulder of the Sphinx, and several men are sitting in the shade below with two camel... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | An International truck sits on a bridge spanning Glen Canyon and the Colorado River. |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Color photo of a person driving an International school bus in the southwest United States. In the background is a snow-capped mountain range. This photogr... |
| Date: | 04 15 1930 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Logan African Expedition, Berriche, Algeria. Six men and a toddler are crouching or kneeling in the foreground. Behind them m... |
| Date: | 05 1930 |
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| Description: | Camp Pond in North Africa. A rock in the fire pit in the foreground has "Camp Pond" painted on it. Three tents, three people, two upside down bicycles and ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The back row at Camp Logan. Ten large tents, some with awnings, are lined up facing each other, five on the right and five on the left. The tent in the cen... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The camp at El Kantara, Algeria. In the foreground, members of the expedition are sleeping on pallets, under blankets. Just beyond the sleepers are two tru... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman is working on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. One man is standing in the center, and t... |
| Date: | 06 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman is recording the contents of each box on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. Three men are... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 12 1926 |
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| Description: | Alonzo Pond and colleague, M. Debruge, posing for a photograph at Mechta. M. Debruge has a cigarette in a holder in his hand, and both men are wearing coat... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A prehistoric station out among the dunes at Biskra, Algeria. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | The Pond camp at Medfoun, early in the morning. A tent surrounded by camp furniture and supplies is in the center. A truck is parked beside the tent on the... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Men excavating a trench in the escargotiere (snail midden) at Medfoun. Brahim is in the trench and Shabane is standing with the shovel. A screen and piles ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | C. Aultman & Co. catalog cover and back cover. On the front is a shock of wheat, a bird and a butterfly, and on the bottom a farm landscape. On the back co... |
| Date: | 01 1909 |
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| Description: | Three men in western dress riding camels pose with their Egyptian guides in front of the Sphinx at the Giza necropolis, with the Cheops pyramid in the back... |
| Date: | 11 15 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the tomb of Queen Tin Hinan from the south. Three people are standing on top of the tomb. Mountains and the city of El Oued can be seen in the back... |
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| Description: | Oulon-Kichla an ancient Tartar city on the edge of the Taurus Mountains. |
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