Digital copy of a portrait photograph of a young girl. Taken by Minas Patkerhanian Machertich, Esfahan, 1953. Original print produced from a glass plate negative; measurement 9 x 12cm.
Digital copy of a photograph showing a group of men displaying the heads of recently executed bandits, held atop of poles. Photograph taken by Minas Patkerhanian Machertich, Esfahan, 1924. Original print produced from glass plate negative; measurement 10 x ?cm; full measurement in unknown, as t...
Gholamhossein Derakhshan's photograph shop on Hafez Avenue [1930s-1940s]
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Digital copy of a fisheye photograph showing the interior of the photograph shop on Hafez Avenue, Esfahan, owned by Gholamhossein Derakhshan. Photograph taken by Amonallah Tarighi, 1930s-1940s; original print measures 60mm x 90mm.
Portrait photograph of Mass'oud Mirza Zell al-Sultan [1890s]
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Digital copy of a portrait photograph of Mass'oud Zell al-Sultan, taken in three-quarter profile. Zell al-Sultan is sitting on a chair against a painted backdrop of a garden, wearing full military dress. Photograph taken by Thooni Johannes, Esfahan, late 1890s. Original print measures 90mm x 12...
Madame Juliet, the Russian Prostitute [c 1910-1920]
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Digital copy of a portrait photograph of Madame Juliet, a Russian prostitute in Esfahan. Taken by Minas Patkerhanian Machertich, c 1910-1920, Esfahan. Original print produced from glass plate negative; measurement 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 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.
Nurse with Conjoined Twins Shortly After Death [1920s]
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Digital copy of a photograph showing a nurse holding conjoined twin girls, shortly after their death. Taken by Minas Patkerhanian Machertich, Esfahan, early 1920s. Original print produced from glass plate negative; measurement 13 x 18cm.
Birth of Minas Patkerhanian Machertich's Child [1916]
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Digital copy of a photograph taken shortly after the birth of Minas Patkerhanian Machertich's child. The photograph shows three women washing the child. Part of the photograph appears to be missing, with the remaining parts attached together, revealing a disjoint where the missing visual infor...