Tobacco salesman in Stalinabad (Dushanbe), Tajikistan, Central Asia, ca. 1932-1933

Photograph of a tobacco salesman in Stalinabad (Dushanbe), taken by Lotte Jacobi in Tajikistan, Central Asia, ca. 1932-1933. A man in a coat and embroidered hat is standing behind a scale and large bowls on a wooden counter. Two customers in coats, one in a turban, one in an embroidered hat are standing behind the counter. One customer has his hand up to his mouth tasting tobacco.