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  • English Textbook for High School (1966) English Textbook for High School (1966)
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  • Paykan Service and Maintenance Manual Paykan Service and Maintenance Manual
  • Pahlavi hat, new dress code, and "Giveh" (traditional footwear), probably 1927. Pahlavi Hat and Dress Code for Men
  • Avalon Theatre, a Persian Palace in Chicago Avalon Theatre, a Persian Palace in Chicago
  • Nowruz 1993 Nowruz Stamps
  • Comic books in Persian (7) Comic books in Persian
  • Old Mansion in Marvi Alley Old House in Marvi Alley
  • Talisman for Warding off Co-wife Talisman for Warding off Co-wife
  • Andisheh School, 1958 Andisheh (Don Bosco) School
  • Old Tomb of Hafez Old Tomb of Hafez
  • Description of prison life in one of the earlier pieces Calligraphy in Prison
  • Intersection of Nosrat Street and Kargar Avenue Old Buildings of Kargar Avenue
  • From Nooshi Kanoom to Showkat Kanoom Postcard from Nooshi Kanoom
  • Samarkand Persian Hotel. Santabarbara, California Samarkand Persian Hotel
  • Sycamores of Valiasr Avenue (20) Sycamores of Valiasr Avenue
  • Attendants on the Queen of Persia Engravings from the book PERSIA
  • Last day of Cafe Prague in Tehran Last day of Café Prague in Tehran
  • Tourist Brochure for Isfahan, Iran, late 1960s Two Tourist Brochures
  • Prostitute and Slave, Photograph by Antoin Sevruguin Sale Document of a Male Slave (1901)
  • Red and Black Matchboxes Black and Red Matchboxes
  • Village of Evin Village of Evin
  • Iranian men, born in 1942 Iranian Men, born in 1942
  • Irandokht, born in 1942 Irandokht, born in 1942
  • A pocket guide to Iran (1943) (1) A pocket guide to Iran (1943)
  • Photograph taken at the start of the 42nd academic year at the American Memorial School on August 30, 1923. Tabriz Memorial Highschool
  • Cover Design by Behzad Golpaygani (18) Behzad Golpaygani’s Cover Designs
  • Pen Case with Scenes from the Haft Paykar Pen Case with Scenes from the “Haft Paykar”
  • Dave Brubeck In Abadan and Tehran Dave Brubeck in Abadan and Tehran
  • Molavi Avenue (4) Mowlavi Avenue
Dave Brubeck In Abadan and Tehran

Dave Brubeck in Abadan and Tehran

· ۱ Comment · In Performances, Nostalgia, Literature

Dave Brubeck’s concert In Abadan and Tehran, May 1958. David Warren “Dave” Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of progressive jazz. Brubeck’s most famous recording was the Jazz piece, Take Five.

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Iranian Playing Cards (5)

Iranian Playing Cards

· ۶ Comments · In Performances, Visual Arts

Specially manufactured Playing Cards for the Iranian monopoly by Thos. De La Rue & CO Ltd. London. Designed by V. Romanowski de Boncza. Circa 1930s.

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The Merchant of Venice in Tehran (1928)

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These photographs show one of the earliest performances of a Western-style play in Iran. The play was Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice performed in Zoroastrians Club in Tehran , April 19, 1928. Majid Rezvani was the director. Arbab Aflatoon, a Zoroastrian, was the Merchant of Venice, and Kazem Bakhtiari acted as a female character. In those days the Iranian women still could not act in the plays yet.
* Photographer: Jahangir Mossavar Rahmani- From the personal collection of Yadollah Rezvani.

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Googoosh Record Covers

· ۱۳ Comments · In Performances, Nostalgia, Visual Arts

Iranian popular music changed most radically in the 1960s, when it shifted from the traditional to the western style that would dominate the 1970s. Faegheh Atashin, most famously known as Googoosh, is one of the major contributors to the western style of pop music. Originally pressed on the vinyl format in 1960s and 1970s, her songs and performances were banned after the Iranian revolution of 1979 but her music preserved via the cassettes in the 1980s and CDs in the 1990s in diaspora. Here are her vinyl record covers mainly from 1970s.

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Iranian Tapes Covers for Pop Music (1970s)

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The Iranian covers design for popular music tapes. Late 1970s.

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Siroos Ghahremani

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Siroos Ghahremani, an Iranian showman from the 1950s and 1960s entertains people in his private zoo in the city of Shiraz. The photos are most probably from the mid-1960s.
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