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501. Add MS 63135(45)

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Title:
Washing for gold [Thok Dalung]. The actual washer is the middle man of these three. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
View of miners at work, digging near the river. With a further pencilled note refering to the pile of earth on the right: 'This heap is the winter collection — when no washing is possible.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

502. Add MS 63135(46)

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Title:
Old lady washing for gold. She is sinking her bowl in the water [Thok Dalung]. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Showing an aged Tibetan woman squatting beside a stream.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

503. Add MS 63135(47)

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Add MS 63135(47)
Title:
Washing for gold [Thok Dalung]. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
View of miner at work between two channels of water (marked in pencil, 'branch channel' and 'main channel'). With an explanatory pencilled note: 'A small channel with a good drop is lined with cloth and then with stones, the earth is slowly raked into this.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

504. Add MS 70650 A(70)

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Title:
On the Baku Enzali [Bandar-e Anzali] boat. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of boatmen or labourers posed in the bows of the boat, presumably the Iranian port of Bandar-e Anzali on the Caspian.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

505. Add MS 70650 A(102)

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Title:
Court entertainer, or courtier, or poet reciting a poem in praise of the Shah on No Ruz Day. His mouth would be stuffed with gold pieces as a reward [modern caption]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, in profile, of the declaiming man.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

506. Add MS 70650 A(109)

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Title:
Teheran. Turkish bath masseur. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Showing a masseur working on his client in a bathhouse. Some background details have been added by crude retouching of the negative. See print 303 for a postcard reproduced from this image.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

507. Add MS 70650 A(113)

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Title:
Close shave! Teheran barber [modern caption]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Sevruguin' in the negative in Cyrillic script. Genre: Portrait Photography Study of a barber and his customer, the latter inspecting his shave in a hand-mirror.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

508. Add MS 70650 A(115)

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Add MS 70650 A(115)
Title:
Sweetmeat seller — his scales over his shoulder. He would have his own 'cry' in the streets [modern caption]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing studio portrait of a street seller, with his basket of wares balanced on his head.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

509. Add MS 70650 A(117)

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Title:
Washerwomen, Tehran. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of women and children posed with baskets of washing beneath a tree. Note beneath the print reads: 'Washerwomen in a private compound — probably a European house — the Armenian nanny with European child on right. Neat kerchief sleeves gathered at the wrist and h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

510. Add MS 70650 A(119)

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Title:
Persian fruiterer [modern caption]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a shopkeeper, probably in Tehran, seated among shallow baskets of fruit in front of a shop, with other onlookers posed for the camera.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

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