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First Grade Persian Textbook (1939)
On the Importance of Prayers
Astrolabes and Celestial Globes
Lalezar, Remains of a Past
Lady Cockroach
Public Baths in Tehran Bazaar
Paintings of Mohammad Tajvidi
Pre-revolution Soundtrack Album Covers
Ganjifa Playing Cards
Dastforoosh (Street Vendor)

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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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Persepolis in Tehrangeles
Armenian families in Isfahan
Zahak in World War II
Discolored Photographs of a Trip (1960)
Protective Sacred Words
Orientalist Music Sheets’ Covers
Lalezar, Remains of a Past
Women’s Clothing in Iran
Pre-revolution Soundtrack Album Covers
Shopkeepers in Tehran

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