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Old retired papermaker Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan

Kagzi Ejazuddin used to maker paper in Mathura the first quarter of 1900

Papermaker Chowdhury Mehboob describes papermaking waning in the 1930s and dying around 1947

Noor Mohamad

Bahhuddin Ansari at right, a 7th generation retired papermaker recalls that pulp was prepared with an indoor two person pounder, and double-dip sheets were made

Papermaker examines plaster coating used to make walls smooth for paper drying

Elder papermakers points to pit vat once used to make paper sheets

Pits for fermenting or holding pulp

Pit vats, platform for bleaching pulp

In ground papermaking vat and holding well