Escorted by this Irak policeman

American explorers and their two automobiles carrying provisions are escorted by a guard (potentially misidentified as a police officer from Iraq). The photograph was taken during the Field Museum Anthropological Expedition to Near East.

Publication date: 1929-06-16

Size: 10.8 x 14.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Jordan

Subject(s):

• Expeditions & surveys--Jordan--1920-1930
• Explorers--American--Jordan--1920-1930
• Guards--Jordan--1920-1930

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (June 16, 1929), Picture Section/Part 2, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Field Museum of Natural History
• Wide World Photos, Inc.