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File:Turkmen man with camel.jpg

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English: Turkmen man posing with camel loaded with sacks, probably of grain or cotton, Central Asia. The photograph was taken by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii between 1905 and 1915. The sacks in the background are thought to contain grain or cotton.
Español: Hombre de la etnia Turkmeno posando con su camello. Los sacos de la parte posterior en teoría contienen grano o algodon.
Date between 1905 and 1915
Source Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress)
US-LibraryOfCongress-BookLogo.svg This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsc.03980.
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Digital rendering for the Library of Congress by Walter Frankhauser / WalterStudio
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Public domain This work is in the public domain in Russia according to article 1256 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

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  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Information about succession of the Russian Federation, legal continuity and repatriation (Russian)
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The image is from the Library of Congress, call number LC-P87- 151x[P&P], reproduction number LC-DIG-prokc-20131. The photo was taken on three colour-separated glass plates. The three separate plates are available from the link below. In principle it might be possible to improve this image by aligning the colors better. For example, the camel's nose is blurred. See and for discussions.

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