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Soldier pumping gas into truck 2
Soldier pumping gas into truck 2
Object Number 2003.17.2500
Display Title Soldier pumping gas into truck 2
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1954
Artist Roger Marshutz
Culture
  • Korean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Korea
Materials Negative, black and white

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Image Not Available for "The 'Door to Hell' is a 70-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater created in 1971 when Soviet geologists were drilling in the desert and the ground gave way. It was ignited and has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
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