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| Date: | 03 30 1938 |
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| Description: | Attilio Gatti and his wife pose for the camera during their expedition to the African Congo. International Harvester sponsored the expedition and Gatti use... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Robert von Schlagintweit (1833-1885), German orientalist, geographer and explorer. Along with his oldest brother Hermann, Rober... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite of Robert Kennicott (1835-1866), American Naturalist. After 1853 he worked for Spencer Fullerton Baird at the Smithsonian Insti... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ... |
| Date: | 01 30 1929 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the Baron Bror Frederick Von-Blixen-Finecke, a "Swedish nobleman, noted sportsman, explorer and big-game hunter." The Baron accompanied Interna... |
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| Description: | Explorer Dr. Fredrick A. Cook (6/10/1865 – 8/5/1940) in fur-lined coat with hood. Cook is notable for his claim of having reached the North Pole on 4/21/19... |
| Date: | 08 31 1953 |
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| Description: | Arthur Constable displays the route of his 10-month travel route through Europe and North Africa on a map. |
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