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Second Grade Persian Textbook (1960)
Ingres Sketches of Persian Miniatures
Shopkeepers in Tehran
Persian Jigsaw Puzzle Rug
Kermanshah’s Stonemasons Zurkhaneh
Orientalist Music Sheets’ Covers
Yesterday’s Kids
Iranian Flatbreads
First Grade Persian Textbook (~1945)
Lion and Sun

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Pre-revolution Soundtrack Album Covers

This is a collection of album cover art for the soundtracks of pre-revolutionary movies made in Iran in the late 1960s and 1970s. The collection includes designs for the soundtracks of art-house movies as well as commercial blockbusters.

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Quran over an Entrance to a Zoorkhaneh

Protective Sacred Words

Placing Islamic inscriptions (mostly words from Quran) over the entrances to the houses, business places, or public buildings used to be common in the past. It seems placing these words on the entrances has its roots in an older tradition that sees a supernatural power in words.

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Protective Sacred Words
Village of Evin
“Talai” Book Series
Tehran’s Post and Communications Museum
Animal Hospital in Tehran
Iranian Costumes
World Wrestling Championships in Tehran (1973)
A Passion Play for Fatima Soghra
Old Store Signs of Shiraz
Qajar and Pahlavi Passports

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