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Aleksandra Semenovna Lavrent'eva, Sister of Photographer A.S. Lavrent'ev, in a Ballet Costume, 1900. This collection contains 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The photographs show views of both the city of Irkutsk and countryside of Irkutsk Province; methods of transportation; and the citizenry; including their way of life, social activities, and forms of entertainment. Irkutsk Municipal History Museum Aleksandra Semenovna Lavrent'eva, Sister of Photographer A.S. Lavrent'ev, in a Ballet Costume, 1900. Creator: AS Lavrentev. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)