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Eve Arnold - USSR. Pet market.

USSR. Pet market. - RUSSIA. Pet Market. 1966. - Eve Arnold

RUSSIA. Pet Market. 1966.

USSR. Pet market. - RUSSIA. Pet Market. 1966. - Eve Arnold

RUSSIA. Pet Market. 1966.

USSR. Pet market. - RUSSIA. MOSCOW. Pet Market in Moscow. People come to buy and sell at prices agreed between them. The place is unusually crawling with detectives in plain clothes who watch for speculators. A speculator is defined as someone who buys and sells intentionally for profit. One may sell one's own pet or clothes but to acquire the with intent to make a profit is a punishable offence. There used to be a market for clothes and anything one had to sell. Ten years ago the market was moved to the suburbs because the government said that it gave Moscow a black eye. 1966 - Eve Arnold

RUSSIA. MOSCOW. Pet Market in Moscow. People come to buy and sell at prices agreed between them. The place is unusually crawling with detectives in plain clothe...