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Nostalgia: Street shop for refilling lighter-gas and repairing watches

Street shop for refilling lighter-gas and repairing watches in this undated photograph.

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Street shop for refilling lighter-gas and repairing watches in this undated photograph.

Nostalgia: Street shop for refilling lighter-gas

Source: Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya

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