Group portrait photograph featuring Taj al-Saltaneh [1906]
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Digital copy of a group portrait photograph featuring Taj al-Saltaneh, the daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar [shown on the right of the portrait]. The photograph was presented as a gift to her husband, a Bakhtiari chieftain. Photographer unknown, Tehran, 1906; original print measures 13 x 18cm.
Portrait photograph of a man in a knee length coat
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Digital copy of a portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a knee length coat; his face is partially obscured by the collar. Photographer unknown; date unknown, probably 20th century; origin unknown; original print measures 117mm x 164mm.
Workers at the Inauguration of Esfahan's Telephone Exchange [1930s]
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Digital copy of a photograph showing workers at a switchboard on the inauguration of Esfahan's telephone exchange in the 1930s. Photographer unknown; original print measures 120mm x 160mm.
Group portrait of clerics at the house of Mirza Malek al-Tojar [1900-1920]
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Digital copy of a group portrait of clerics at the house of Mirza Malek al-Tojar, Esfahan. Rugs have been arranged in front of the group, alongside vases of flowers (which have been coloured after the original print was developed) and hookahs (tobacco pipes). Photographer unknown; dated betwee...
Group portrait photograph of an Armenian family in Julfa [1890s]
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Digital copy of a group portrait photograph of an Armenian family in Julfa [Jolfa]. Taken by Ernst Hoeltzer in the 1890s. The original print measures 120mm x 160mm, and has been mounted on white card, illustrated with flowers around the border of the photograph.
Group portrait photograph of the cast of a production of Othello [1920s]
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Digital copy of a group portrait photograph showing the cast of a local theatre group production of Othello. The original print has been mounted onto a display board; the word "Othello" has been written on the board in Armenian. Photograph taken by Thooni Johannes, Julfa, 1820s; original print ...
Amir Behzadi Collection of Iranian Photographs [c1880-1941]
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This fonds consists of digital copies of photographs owned by Amir Behzadi, created as part of the EAP001 project 'Faces and Places in Iran: Iranian Photography at the Turn of the 20th Century'. A sample of his collection was digitised. The collection consists of photographs taken in and around...
Group and Individual Portrait Photographs [c1880-1941]
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Digital copies of 15 photographs, consisting of group and individual portraits; the file also features 4 images of documentation that accompanies the photographs. The original prints measure 60mm x 90mm, 90mm x 120mm, 130mm x 180mm and 180mm x 240mm. The photographers, dates and subjects feature...
Boris A Madatian Photograph Collection [c 1925-c 1979]
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This fonds consists of digital copies of photographs taken by Boris A. Madatian in and around Tabriz, Iran from c 1925-c 1979 [roughly the period covered by the Pahlavi I and II dynasties]. The photographs were digitised as part of the project 'EAP001 Faces and Places in Iran: Iranian Photograph...