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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: | 1925 |
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| Description: | De Prorok's car, Sandy and all members of the expedition: Pond, Tyrrell, De Prorok, Martini, Denny, Reygasse, Chauffeur Barth, Chapuis, Belaid, and in fron... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | An International truck pours 30-foot sections of a lock. |
| 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: | 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | High suspension bridge over gorge at Constantine in north eastern Algeria. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A prehistoric station out among the dunes at Biskra, Algeria. |
| Date: | 03 31 1929 |
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| Description: | Logan Museum truck in the oasis of Feriana, Tunisia. The road is lined with large fleshy cactus and trees. A person is sitting in the driver's seat of the ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Three men working with an oxen to draw water from a well with a skin bucket. The well has a stone structure holding the pulley. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Ferrah stands in front of a tent in the Pond camp. Boxes are being used as tables, chairs and other camp supplies aresitting on the ground near the entranc... |
| 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: | 1920 |
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| Description: | This blueprint map covers the boundary area between Lake Superior and the Lac Vieux Desert. The map reads: "Land lines, streams, lakes, railroads, cities a... |
| Date: | 12 1927 |
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| Description: | View towards a man standing behind a "Saraha" truck. Hills are in the background. |
| Date: | 12 1927 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a man sitting on the side of a truck, wearing a hat and a cloth over his mouth. |
| Date: | 12 1927 |
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| Description: | Men are sitting on the ground outside the walls of a town in the Sahara Desert. |
| Date: | 12 1927 |
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| Description: | View across sand towards a group of men standing near two trucks in the Sahara Desert. |
| Date: | 01 30 1929 |
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| Description: | View of distant town, perhaps in the Sahara Desert in Tanganyika, Africa. |
| 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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