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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Add MS 70650 A(115)

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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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Add MS 70650 A(122)

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Title:
Traditional band — 1910 [modern caption]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Studio portrait of a group of musicians with drums, pipes and long trumpets, with accompanying note: 'In 1968-9 we saw such a band in the entrance to Isfahan Bazaar to 'play out' the setting sun. In Meshed we saw a band in a tower doing similarly — it also played for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 70650 A(124)

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Title:
Teheran, baker's shop [modern caption]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a baker seated in front of his shop with his scales in front of him and loaves of flat bread laid out on either side. With a youth and a younger boy in the foreground. The accompanying note reads, 'Boy on left with a 'loaf' of Sangat bread over each shoul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 70650 A(150)

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Title:
[Sawyers at work, probably in Tehran.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Snapshot of two sawyers using a double-handed saw.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item