These photos were taken by Thomas T. Hammond during his trip to the Soviet Union. The photos are unlabeled, so the exact locations and people are unknown. This specific image features a man working in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thomas_Taylor_Hammond" title="Category:Thomas Taylor Hammond">Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993)</a>
University of Virginia Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virginia.edu/creees">www.virginia.edu/creees</a>)