MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS (1888-1963)
MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS (1888-1963)

Citroen-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition, Herat, Afghanistan, May 21, 1931

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MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS (1888-1963)
Citroen-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition, Herat, Afghanistan, May 21, 1931
gelatin silver print
various annotations in pencil/ink and publication label affixed (on the mount); various annotations in pencil/ink, various stamps, publication labels and typed credit, date, caption on collection label affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 8 x 5¾in. (20.8 x 15cm.)
mount: 12 x 7¾in. (30.9 x 20.2cm.)
Literature
National Geographic magazine, December 1933, p. 732.
Odysseys and Photographs: Four National Geographic Field Men, National Geographic Society, 2008, p. 53.
National Geographic Image Collection, National Geographic Society, 2009, p. 106.

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Lot Essay

The French-sponsored Citroën-Haardt Expedition traveled 7,000 miles via motor car, pony, camel, and yak from Beirut to Beijing. M.O. Williams referred to those few months as the 'greatest adventure' of his life.

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