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037-001964406 Subject Road Vehicles

1. Add MS 70650 A(313)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(313)
Title:
Doroshki breakdown [Iran]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Snapshot of the droshky carriage broken down on the road, with a figure lying on the ground repairing the rear wheel or axle. Another copy at Mss. Add. 70650B (26).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 70650 B(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 B(26)
Title:
[Droshky breakdown, Iran.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Showing a droshky carriage being repaired on a road in Iran. Another copy at Mss. Add. 70560A (313).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 70650 A(306)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(306)
Title:
Negotiating transport [Iran]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Snapshot showing William John Cooper in discussion with Persian officials in front of a droshky carriage.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 70650 A(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(38)
Title:
Scene, Baghdad [or Basra?]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Street scene with figures and a pony carriage in the foreground, and a mosque beyond. The location is identified as Baghdad on the reverse of the print, but a later note querying this suggests Basra.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 70650 A(139)

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Add MS 70650 A(139)
Title:
Tehran Gate [and] Elburz Mountains [modern caption]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the city gate, with the snow-capped Elburz Mountains in the distance to the north. With horse-drawn trams in the foreground. Postcard.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 70650 A(50)

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Add MS 70650 A(50)
Title:
Shah's Palace, Sabs i Maidan and Tramway, Tehran. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the maidan, looking towards the tramway, with the twin tower pavilions of the Shams al-Emerah of the Golestan Palace beyond. A winter scene, with snow on the ground.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 70650 A(274)

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Add MS 70650 A(274)
Title:
Railway station in Shah-Abdul-Azim (S. of Teheran). Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the brick exterior of the railway station at Shah Abdul Azim (also known as Rai and Shahr Rai), Tehran Province, with a carriage parked in front.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 70650 A(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(58)
Title:
Teheran. N.O. Bank and Tramway, now taken over by the Imperial Bk. Of Persia. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards bank (occupying an elaborately arcaded building), with horse-drawn tramcars in foreground.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 70650 A(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(73)
Title:
First car (Mercedes) to go to Qum, 1911. Great Grandma and Pa Cooper and Grandma Wilson in car. Notice 'road'! Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Head-on view of the open-topped Mercedes, with European passengers driven by William John Cooper, on a roughly surfaced road.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 item