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  • English Textbook for High School (1966) English Textbook for High School (1966)
  • Darakeh, Tehran, June 2012 (13) Darakeh
  • 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
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  • Nowruz 1993 Nowruz Stamps
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  • 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
Intersection of Nosrat Street and Kargar Avenue

Old Buildings of Kargar Avenue

· ۳ Comments · In Architecture, Everyday Life

Details of the old buildings in North Kargar avenue (formerly Amirabad), between Enghelab Square and Keshavarz boulevard. September 2012.

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Sycamores of Valiasr Avenue (20)

Sycamores of Valiasr Avenue

· Leave a Comment · In Everyday Life

Sycamore Trees of Valiasr Avenue is a collection of photographs from Siavash Mirkhani. The pictures were taken in Autumn 2012 in Tehran’s Valiasr Avenue.

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Village of Evin

Village of Evin

· ۱ Comment · In Architecture, Everyday Life

Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran. The pictures shown here are of the last remaining orchards and old houses in Evin. The traditional village of Evin is located between Daneshgah Square on the north and Evin Mosque on the south. Acacia Lane is the street with the stairs. Evin Prison is also located nearby.

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Outdoor Lightings in Iran

Outdoor Lightings

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Lighting with electric light bulbs became popular in the 20th century in Iran and has been an integral part of celebrating religious holidays (such as the Mab’ath or Sha’ban) and public celebrations (such as 4th of Aban before the revolution and Fajr after the revolution). Today colour bulbs and fluorescent lights are used widely for outdoor lightings and Illuminations.

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Graffiti on Tehran canal walls

Graffiti Mine

· ۶ Comments · In Visual Arts, Everyday Life

Graffiti on the canal walls in northwestern Tehran. October 2012.

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Yakhchal Street

Strolling around Shariati Avenue

· ۲ Comments · In Architecture, Everyday Life

Strolling around Shariati avenue, near Qolhak neigbourhood, Tehran. August 2012.
The photographer Roozbeh Shahrestani says: “Although, one might not be able to convey fully the atmosphere of these places, but perhaps with a momentary pause and a brief look the viewer get some sense of them.”

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Th[o/e]se Days

Th[o/e]se Days

· ۲۰ Comments · In Nostalgia, Visual Arts

“Th[o/e]se Days” is a new collection of photos by Shahin Shahriari & Sina Bagheri. For this collection, they had used pictures of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and merged them with the new shots of the same spots in Tehran today.

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Walking in Tehran’s Amirabad - پرسه در امیرآباد

Walking in Tehran’s Amirabad

· ۲ Comments · In Architecture, Everyday Life

Tehran’s Amirabad Neighbourhood (2012)

“Amirabad is the neighbourhood that I have lived in more than any other place in Tehran.” says the photographer, Roozbeh Shahrestani. “These two sets of photographs are actually more than a personal report; it is a personal time travel to a relatively distant past by wandering along streets and alleys of this district of the city.”

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Rooftops of Tehran

Rooftops of Tehran

· ۵ Comments · In Architecture

What can be seen on the rooftops in Tehran?

In the last century the rooftops of the houses along with the lifestyle of Iranians have changed.

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Ferdowsi Avenue, 1962

Tehran’s Ferdowsi Avenue

· ۳ Comments · In Architecture, Nostalgia, Everyday Life

Ferdowsi Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Tehran and it used to be called Ala’odoleh Avenue in Qajar period. It runs from Toopkhane in the south and after passing through Istanbul intersection it ends in Ferdowsi Square in the north.

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