Vaizdas:Turkmen man with camel.jpg

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A Turkmen man posing with his dromedary camel. 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.

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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 color-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 [1] and [2] for discussions.

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress Prints and Pictures division under the digital ID ppmsc.03980 This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.

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This photograph was originally uploaded to the English Wikipedia by en:User:Bogdangiusca at 11:25, 17 Dec 2004.