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Assyrian refugees moving to a new village, Jazira, 1939

Place: Tel Tamer · today Syria
Date: 1939

Men drive ox teams pulling wagons piled high with brushwood and belongings along a steppe track, captioned as Assyrian refugees moving to a new village; photographed near Tel Tamar on John D. Whiting's April 1939 trip.

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Library of Congress, Visual materials from the papers of John D. Whiting

Whiting, John D. (John David), 1882-1951 · No known restrictions on publication.

Assyrian refugees moving to a new village, Jazira, 1939

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