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Members of the Expedition

Date: 1925
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...
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Ensemble of the Diggings at Ali Bacha

Date: 03 23 1927
Description: Ensemble of diggings at Ali Bacha. View looking downhill towards three men working on an archaeological excavation in Algeria, Africa. On the left an indig...
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Logan African Expedition

Date: 04 15 1930
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...
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The Last Day in Camp

Date: 1930
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...
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Recording the Contents of Each Box

Date: 06 1930
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...
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Two Men and a Boy

Date: 1930
Description: Two indigenous men are posing for the camera in Ain Beida, Algeria. One man is holding a young boy in his left arm.
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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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Alonzo Pond Displaying Escargotiere

Date: 01 26 1927
Description: Alonzo Pond posing sitting and holding a pickaxe next to a block of earth showing the composition of the escargotiere (an old dump for domestic waste). Her...
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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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Alonzo Pond and M. Debruge

Date: 11 12 1926
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...
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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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Greeting Algerian Men

Date: 1925
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide showing Count Byron de Prorok, and other members of the Algerian expedition, greeting veiled Algerian men.
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Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1941
Description: Arthur Pond, wearing knickers, heavy stockings, a coat and hat is standing admiring the walls in the Cave of the Mounds. On the reverse of the photograph i...
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Two Men

Date: 1930
Description: Two men are smoking cigarettes outdoors. They are wearing turbans and traditional dress, and are sitting on a colorful rug with long fringe. A pair of sho...
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Seated Sheik

Date: 1930
Description: A turbanned man, identified as a Sheik, is sitting on a patterned rug on the ground in front of a doorway. He is wearing a red robe with elaborate gold tri...
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Four Wives

Date: 1930
Description: Four young women, one holding an infant, are posing sitting on a rug on the ground, inside the corner of two walls. Identified by the photographer only as ...
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Sheik Sitting

Date: 1930
Description: An man, identified only as a sheik, sitting on a patterned carpet in front of a narrow doorway. There is a large pillow behind him. He is wearing a white t...
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Girl and Wildflowers

Date: 1930
Description: A young girl is smiling as she is posing while sitting in a rocky field of wildflowers with purple blossoms. She is wearing traditional dress and a head sc...
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Four Wives

Date: 1930
Description: Four young women, one holding an infant, are posing sitting on a rug on the ground, inside the corner of two walls. Identified by the photographer only as ...
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Truck

Date: 1930
Description: A 1925 Ford Model T Roadster pickup is parked in a field of red-blooming wildflowers. There is a man in the driver's seat, another man is reclining on the ...

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