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Engravings from the book PERSIA
British WWII Propaganda Posters
A Zurkhaneh in Tehran
Sabzi Khordan (Fresh Herbs)
Strolling around Shariati Avenue
The Defenders of the Shrine
Emamzadeh Abdollah’s Cemetery
Iranian Flatbreads
Armenian families in Isfahan

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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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Iranian Playing Cards
Post-Revolutionary Cigarettes
Old Buildings of Kargar Avenue
Strolling around Shariati Avenue
Voices of the Poets
World Wrestling Championships in Tehran (1973)
Stereoscopic Pictures of Iran in the Early 20th Century
Yesterday’s Kids
Iranian Portraits

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