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Image Not Available for A truck on a journey from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Afghanistan owns no roads.
A truck on a journey from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Afghanistan owns no roads.
Image Not Available for A truck on a journey from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Afghanistan owns no roads.

A truck on a journey from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Afghanistan owns no roads.

Creator Dr. Tichy-Wehr
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 12.9 x 18.2 cm (5 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/529
    LocationNot currently on display

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