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Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky: Asia Photographs

18 Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky photographs of asia, from the Library of Congress archive.

Yusuf Hamadani mosque and mausoleum, ancient Merv, Turkmenistan, Extinct City, Turkmenistan, Merv (Extinct City), 1905

Yusuf Hamadani mosque and mausoleum, ancient Merv,…

1905

Adobe building in a grassy field, trees in background, Asia, Central, Asia, Central, 1905

Adobe building in a grassy field, trees in background

1905

Group of eleven adults and children, seated on a rug, in front of a…, Asia, Central, Asia, Central, 1905

Group of eleven adults and children, seated on a rug, in…

1905

Sacks stacked in storage room, pulley system machinery mounted along…, Asia, Central, Asia, Central, 1905

Sacks stacked in storage room, pulley system machinery…

1905

Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread,…, Asia, Central, Asia, Central, 1905

Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton…

1905

Walled adobe structure with domes and arches in desert area, with man…, Asia, Central, Asia, Central, 1905

Walled adobe structure with domes and arches in desert…

1905

Camel, loaded with sacks, lying in field of sacks, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Camel, loaded with sacks, lying in field of sacks

1905

Front view of a crumbling mosque, with a man standing beside it, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Front view of a crumbling mosque, with a man standing…

1905

Side view of a crumbling mosque, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Side view of a crumbling mosque

1905

Zindan (prison), with inmates looking out through the bars and a…, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Zindan (prison), with inmates looking out through the bars…

1905

Turkmen man posing with camel loaded with sacks, probably of grain or…, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Turkmen man posing with camel loaded with sacks, probably…

1905

Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent

1905

Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent

1905

The Emir of Bukhara (Alim Khan), Bukhara, Bukhoro, Uzbekistan, 1911

The Emir of Bukhara (Alim Khan), Bukhara

1911

Oven for cooking pilau, Bairam-Ali area, Turkmenistan, 1905

Oven for cooking pilau, Bairam-Ali area

1905

Mazar (Sepulchre) of Akhmed Zamchi. Ancient Merv, Extinct City, Merv (Extinct City), Turkmenistan, 1905

Mazar (Sepulchre) of Akhmed Zamchi. Ancient Merv

1905

Cotton gin (?), in interior of mill, probably in Tashkent, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Cotton gin (?), in interior of mill, probably in Tashkent

1905

Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread,…, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton…

1905

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