Photograph inside a bare, whitewashed storage room with a dark ceiling. Stacked wooden crates, some stencilled with black lettering, rest on a concrete floor. Two men, one in a grey t-shirt and jeans and one in a dark jacket and jeans, bend over the crates unpacking them. To the right, a smiling woman in a bright orange puffer jacket and orange skirt stands watching. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph inside a bare, whitewashed storage room with a dark ceiling. Stacked wooden crates, some stencilled with black lettering, rest on a concrete floor. Two men, one in a grey t-shirt and jeans and one in a dark jacket and jeans, bend over the crates unpacking them. To the right, a smiling woman in a bright orange puffer jacket and orange skirt stands watching.

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February 20 2006, Arrival At Los Angeles

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