The old Town (Uzbek quarter) of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The huts are of ***** clay, with straw thatch, built in groups around a central ***** where fruit trees, vines, vegetables are grown. The roads are ***** dirt tracks. The town straggles, in a maze of alleys, over the ***** eroded bumps and hollows sloping down to the river. December 4, 1955. (Photo by AGSUP Picture).