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“A woman sits in crude ‘miracle oil’ at the sanatorium town of Naftalan where a ten-minute daily bath is said to have medicinal benefits. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010”
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Object Number 2019.5.2.10
Display Title “A woman sits in crude ‘miracle oil’ at the sanatorium town of Naftalan where a ten-minute daily bath is said to have medicinal benefits. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010”
Descriptions
Classification
  • Print
Department Photographic
Date 2010
Artist Chloe Dewe Mathews (2010)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Azerbaijan / Naftalan
Materials Print, color
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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Naftalan
"Open-air cafe at the Shafa Sanatorium. In the 1950s, the Soviet government offered free holiday flights to sanatoriums in Naftalan housing 2,500 guests. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
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Photographic
Naftalan
"Albina Visilova, a regular visitor to the Naftalan Sanatorium. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
2019.5.1.2 "Albina Visilova, a regular visitor to the Naftalan Sanatorium. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
Photographic
Naftalan
"A journalist from Baku visits Naftalan to be treated for prostate problems.  Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
2019.5.1.3 "A journalist from Baku visits Naftalan to be treated for prostate problems. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
Photographic
Naftalan
"Some of the hundreds of letters of gratitude sent from all over the Soviet Union to the doctors at Naftalan, now in the collection of the town museum. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
2019.5.1.5 "Some of the hundreds of letters of gratitude sent from all over the Soviet Union to the doctors at Naftalan, now in the collection of the town museum. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Naftalan
"For decades, the town museum has collected walking sticks and crutches left by Naftalan patients. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
2019.5.1.4 "For decades, the town museum has collected walking sticks and crutches left by Naftalan patients. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Naftalan
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Ramsar
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2019.5.1.12 "Oil sits on the surface of the water alongside the Baku Boulevard. Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Baku
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2019.5.2.2 "A woman and her granddaughter sit on the artificial seawall, just yards from the Iranian border. Astara, Azerbaijan, 2010"
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Astara
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2019.5.1.25 "The shrine of Mir Movsum Aga, the 'Boneless One,' a holy man who performed miracles and was believed to have no bones. Shuvalan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
Photographic
Shuvalan
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Photographic
Baku
Image Not Available for "A father and son bathe at Ishker hot springs. Some of the medicinal baths around Ramsar are surrounded by walls built with radioactive stone, which is believed to give the water healing properties. Ramsar, Iran, 2015"
2019.5.2.25 "A father and son bathe at Ishker hot springs. Some of the medicinal baths around Ramsar are surrounded by walls built with radioactive stone, which is believed to give the water healing properties. Ramsar, Iran, 2015"
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Ramsar