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040-001964407 Subject Road transport

1. Add MS 70650 A(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(88)
Title:
Teheran winter scene. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a tree-lined road under snow.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

2. 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

3. Add MS 70650 A(254)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(254)
Title:
Pul-e-Amavat [on journey from Esfahan to Ahvaz]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Snapshot looking along a road running beside a river. Identified on reverse as 'Pul Amavat'. Precise location untraced.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

4. 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

5. Add MS 70650 A(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(89)
Title:
Teheran — in the city in winter. 1910. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a tree-lined road under snow, similar to print 88.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 70650 A(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(57)
Title:
[Street scene at unidentified location, Iran, probably Tehran.] Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a wide tree-lined road, with the entrance to a park on the right.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 70650 A(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(44)
Title:
The kind of telegraph pole grandpa Cooper was responsible for erecting from Persian Gulf to Russian border for the Indo-European Telegraph Co. [modern caption.] Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing a telegraph pole standing at the side of an unsurfaced road, at an unidentified location in Iran.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

8. 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

9. Add MS 70650 A(333)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(333)
Title:
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
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 70650 A(139)

Reference (shelfmark):
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