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"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"
"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"
Object Number 2019.5.1.5
Display Title "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"
Descriptions
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 2012
Artist Chloe Dewe Mathews (2010)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Azerbaijan / Naftalan
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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"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
"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"
2019.5.1.1 "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"
Photographic
Naftalan
Image Not Available for "Open-air café 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"
2019.5.2.11 "Open-air café 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"
Print
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
Image Not Available for “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”
2019.5.2.10 “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”
Print
Naftalan
"The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.21 "The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Darvaza
"Yanar Dag, the 'eternally burning mountainside,' is fueled by a seep of natural gas that was allegedly ignited in the 1950s by a shepherd who dropped his cigarette on the ground. Absheron District, Azerbaijan, 2012"
2019.5.1.10 "Yanar Dag, the 'eternally burning mountainside,' is fueled by a seep of natural gas that was allegedly ignited in the 1950s by a shepherd who dropped his cigarette on the ground. Absheron District, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Absheron District
"Oil sits on the surface of the water alongside the Baku Boulevard. Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012"
2019.5.1.12 "Oil sits on the surface of the water alongside the Baku Boulevard. Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Baku
"Women who are trying to conceive make pilgrimages from all over Turkmenistan to visit the Qyz Bibi shrine. Qyz Bibi, the pagan goddess of fertility and womanhood, is believe to have lived most of her life in a cramped cave, fed through a tiny hole in the rock. Nokhur, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.23 "Women who are trying to conceive make pilgrimages from all over Turkmenistan to visit the Qyz Bibi shrine. Qyz Bibi, the pagan goddess of fertility and womanhood, is believe to have lived most of her life in a cramped cave, fed through a tiny hole in the rock. Nokhur, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Nohur
"Model of prehistoric shaman in Gobustan National Park Museum. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
2019.5.1.29 "Model of prehistoric shaman in Gobustan National Park Museum. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
Photographic
Qobustan
"A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.46 "A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Awaza