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Automobile "Accident" in the Desert

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Description: Posed image of an automobile striking a camel.
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Announcing the Fatwa for Holy War

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Description: The son of the Schafi Muftisi carrying the holy flag from the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem (probably mis-identified and Frankl meant the mosque at the Dome ...
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Ali Fuat (Cebesoy) Bey

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Description: Ali Fuat (Cebesoy) Bey, commander of the 25th Infantry Division, giving an address to the troops in Beersheba about to depart for the Suez Canal. The Hodsc...
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Vehicle Stuck in Wet Sand

Date: 1925
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide showing a group of men on an archaeological expedition in Algeria pushing one of the expedition vehicles nicknamed "Hot Dog" in ...
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Algerian Expedition Camp

Date: 1925
Description: Members of the Algerian Expedition in the desert under the shelter of a tent open at the sides and front. The men are on the ground in sleeping bags. A hat...
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The Holy War

Date: 01 1915
Description: The Holy War. Djemal Pascha in the desert reviewing troops departing for the Suez Canal. Behind him on the left on horseback, is Colonel von Frankenberg, ...
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Colonel von Frankenberg in the Desert

Date: 01 1915
Description: Colonel von Frankenberg sitting on his horse in the desert as he is heading to the front.
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Blessing Troops Heading to the Suez

Date: 01 1915
Description: Djemal Pascha on horseback with a Muslim cleric, known as the Hodscha, giving a blessing to troops departing for the Suez Canal.
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Officers in the Desert

Date: 01 1915
Description: Djemal Pascha and Colonel von Frankenberg in the desert.
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On Patrol in the Desert

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Description: German officer, riding a camel, on patrol in the desert.
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Eduard Frankl Astride a Camel

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Description: Mr. Frankl as a war photographer with the Turkish Army.
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Senussi Fighters

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Description: Senussi fighters, on horseback, returning from a patrol in the desert.
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View of Town in Desert

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Description: View towards a town in the Sahara desert in Africa. There is a person near the buildings on the right.
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Man in Safari Clothes Changing Tire

Date: 12 1927
Description: A man is changing a tire on the truck that crossed the Sahara.
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"Saraha" Trucks

Date: 12 1927
Description: Two men are standing at the back of a truck that crossed the Sahara in the desert in Africa.
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International Payhauler Loaded by Crane at Glen Canyon Dam Site

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of a crane loading an International Payhauler for earth removal. One man is standing near the crane on the left, and another man is standing ...
Postcard

The Great White Sands: A National Monument Near Alamogordo, N.M.

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Description: Tinted lithograph of two people walking in a white sand desert. Mountains are in the distance. Caption on the reverse of postcard reads: "Really not sand a...

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