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Reel three of five. S.Y. Showket from Mesopotamia Studios, Iraq photographed this film on the second Captain Marshall Field North Arabian Desert Expedition in 1928. Personnel on this expedition included Dr. Henry Field (leader), S.Y. Showket (photographer, interpreter, and general assistant), Eric Schroeder, and G. Vania. Dr. Field was the Assistant Curator of Physical Anthropology at the Field Museum from 1926-1935, and Curator of Physical Anthropology from 1935-1941. The second expedition…
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