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Desert Prayer

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A camel stands on the desert sands near Biskra, Algeria, as two men pause to face Mecca and pray.

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Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 23 x 18 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s
Call Number CF 84

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W012A9W
Legacy ID
WHi 24244

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Algerian FLN Members with Dead Camel

August 1957

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Algerian Landscape

Algerian Landscape

August 1957

Trees and rock formations in the Algerian desert.

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FLN Member on Patrol

FLN Member on Patrol

August 1957

An Algerian National Liberation Front member on patrol. He is holding a rifle and straddling two boulders. Behind him is the Algerian landscape.

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Algerian Soldiers

Algerian Soldiers

1957

Soldiers lined up in the Algerian desert.

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Arab Plowing Sand

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An Arab man plowing sand with a plow harnessed to a camel.

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