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  • 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
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  • 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)
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  • 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
Iranian SMS Advertisement

Iranian SMS Marketing

· ۱ Comment · In Literature

Screenshots from Iranian SMS advertisements sent by “Hamrahe Avval” and its subcontractor advertising agencies in 2012.

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Iran Air, Tehran

Iran Air Pre-1979

· ۲ Comments · In Nostalgia

Iran Air is the flag carrier airline of Iran.

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Three Fighters

Zahak in World War II

· ۷ Comments · In Visual Arts

These postcards were drawn by the political cartoonist Kem (Kimon Evan Marengo 1907-1988), who during the Second World War produced over 3,000 propaganda cartoons for the British Ministry of Information.

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دفتر اداره اطلاعات و روابط فرهنگی ایالات متحد آمریکا در ایران (۱۳۳۰) - U.S.I.E.S. In Iran (1950)

The U.S., Behind the Window (1951)

· ۱ Comment · In Nostalgia, Everyday Life

In 1951 the offices of the United States Information and Education Services (though this title cannot be found on Google) in Iran was located in Shah-Abad avenue (currently known as Jomhouri).

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Great Britain and the United States - © IWM (Art.IWM PST 15706) - بریتانیای کبیر و کشورهای متحد آمریکا

British WWII Propaganda Posters

· Leave a Comment · In Visual Arts, Seen from Outside

A collection of propaganda posters, published by the British during the World War II, in Persian for distribution in Iran. The posters’s dimensions are about 76cm X 50cm. These posters are preserved in Imperial War Museums.

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Akhbar Magazine, Issue No. 6, Cover

Akhbar Magazine

· Leave a Comment · In Nostalgia, Literature

Akhbar magazine (meaning “News”) was a monthly magazine published by the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in Iran.
These pages are from issues number 5 and 6, published in May and June of 1980 and have been provided by Mehrdad Kashani.

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عظمت بازیافته - Regained Glory’s - P.5

Regained Glory

· ۷ Comments · In Visual Arts, Literature

“Regained Glory” (published in 1974, illustrated by Dino Attanasio) is a comic book that narrates the official pro-Shah history of post-WWII Iran up to early 1970s. The book is targeted towards the young adults.

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Old Postcard of Ayatollah Khomeini (2)

Ayatollah’s Old Post Cards

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Old post cards of Ayatollah Khomeini, published in the early years of the Iranian revolution (1978-1979).

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