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Horlick Mountains, Antarctica

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Description: Unidentified explorer standing in field of snow with the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica in the background. The Horlick Mountains were named by Admiral Ric...
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Mrs. Attilio Gatti

Date: 03 30 1938
Description: Mrs. Attilio Gatti carried by four Congolese men during her husband's expedition to the African Congo. The expedition was sponsored by the International Ha...
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Gatti Trailer Apartment

Date: 1938
Description: Two specially designed International trucks connected with an awning at an African camp site. The camp site was home to an Attilio Gatti expedition. The sp...
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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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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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Conrad Seipp Jr. in Egypt

Date: 01 1909
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...
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The Noon Portage

Date: 1909
Description: Two of The Gang carrying a canoe on a portage in the Presque Isle River.
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"Sahara" Truck

Date: 12 1927
Description: View towards a man standing behind a "Saraha" truck. Hills are in the background.
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Man with Truck that Crossed the Sahara Desert

Date: 12 1927
Description: Outdoor view of a man sitting on the side of a truck, wearing a hat and a cloth over his mouth.
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Group of Men with "Sahara" Truck

Date: 12 1927
Description: View across sand towards a group of men standing near two trucks in the Sahara Desert.
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Expedition in Full Desert

Date: 1925
Description: Sahara expedition team, including Alonzo Pond and Count Byron de Prorok, riding a caravan of camels through the desert. Caption reads: "293 The Expedition ...
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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 Truck That Crossed the Sahara?

Date: 07 16 1928
Description: View of a truck on a road. Mountains are in the background.
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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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