Early oil derricks, Masjid-i-Sulaiman [Masjed Soleyman]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Industrial Photography General view of an oil well drilling rig in the leading oil fields of south-west Iran. Oil was first struck in the district in 1908.
Golhek, north of Teheran, a summer resort from the intense heat of Teheran, for all embassies, companies and wealthy Persians. In the distance the Elburz Mountains. ?1910. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a road in Gulhek, with a stream and the perimeter walls of private residences on the right, and snow-capped Elburz Mountains in the distance.
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view looking across the Karun River at Ahvaz. This and the following photographs were most probably taken on a Kodak Panoram No. 4 camera, introduced in 1899, which covered an angle of 142 degrees.
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view looking along the Karun riverbank at Ahwaz towards a palm grove, probably taken with a Kodak Panoram camera.