COOPER AND WILSON PAPERS. Vol. XI. (ff. 217). General correspondence of E. A. and W. G. Wilson; circa 1911-1920. Iran: Manners and Customs: Menus and invitations of the diplomatic community of Teheran: 1909-1920?: Partly Fr. and Persian: Partly printed and signed. Iran: Art. Photographs: Corre...
Tehran, 1910. Golhek Gate. The Kingswood twins being taken out in 'Kajavis' on a donkey. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the highway towards the tiled gateway, with the Kingswood twins in the foreground being carried in panniers on a donkey, a servant standing beside them.
The English nurse in Teheran, Mrs Janet New (her husband George New in Imperial Bank of Persia), with her first baby, circa 1915. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Informal portrait of Janet New, seated in a drawing room with her young baby, with two dogs lying on the sofa to the left.
Shah's Palace, Sabs i Maidan and Tramway, Tehran. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
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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.
Railway station in Shah-Abdul-Azim (S. of Teheran). Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
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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.
H.M.T. 'Egra' on the Busra River. Photographer: Unknown
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Postcard view of the troopship 'Egra' under way, presumably on the Shatt al Arab at Basra. With printed legend on photograph: ''If God be for us, who can be against us?' Rom. 8: 31. H. M. T. 'Egra' in the Busra River.'
Party in Teheran [modern caption]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group posed on a terrace. The accompanying note identifies Mrs Alice Cooper ('Grandma Cooper,' seated in centre), Winifred Gertrude Cooper (second from left) and her future husband Edgar Augustus Wilson (third from left).