Paul Labbé. Photograph from his expedition to Siberia and Semirechye. 1897 / Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica

Bleeding a Ram During Slaughter. Pavlodar, 1911 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Boy after turning over meat hung out for drying / Central State Archive of Film, Photo and Sound Documents of Kazakhstan

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Jules Marie Cavelier de Cuverville. Shearing the rams / Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica

Samuil Dudin. Milking Sheep. Semipalatinsk Region, 1899 / Open sources