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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
  • Avalon Theatre, a Persian Palace in Chicago Avalon Theatre, a Persian Palace in Chicago
  • Nowruz 1993 Nowruz Stamps
  • Comic books in Persian (7) Comic books in Persian
  • Old Mansion in Marvi Alley Old House in Marvi Alley
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  • Andisheh School, 1958 Andisheh (Don Bosco) School
  • Old Tomb of Hafez Old Tomb of Hafez
  • 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)
  • Red and Black Matchboxes Black and Red Matchboxes
  • Village of Evin Village of Evin
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  • 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
Kermanshah’s Stonemasons Zurkhaneh

Kermanshah’s Stonemasons Zurkhaneh

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Stonemason Zurkhaneh (“Zurkhaneh”=traditional Iranian wrestling center) is located near the end of Shah-Abbasi Karevansaray and the Goldsmith’s bazaar in the city of Kermanshah. The locals believe that its history goes back to 400 years ago. Many legendary traditional wrestlers of Kermanshah come from this sport club.

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Iranian Olympic Medalists

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Iranian athletes have won a total of 60 medals in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, and athletics.

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Zurkhanehye Ayatollah Taleghani-Chizar roundabout-Tehran (4)

A Zurkhaneh in Tehran

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During the 1930s the traditional Iranian style of wrestling were replaced with the international style. Later on the exercises for the traditional wrestling was renamed to “Varzesh-e Bastani” (the ancient sport).

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سیروس قهرمانی

Siroos Ghahremani and His Zoo

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Siroos Ghahremani: a weird mixture of traditional “Ma’rekehgir”, Anthony Quin’s character in Fellini’s La Strada, with a touch of Hollywood and Italian ‘historic’ movies of the 1950s. In the early 1960s he established himself as the only star of his popular one-man show. He also made a small private “zoo” in Shiraz to make some money on the side by showing off his skinny malnourished animals caught in small cages.
→ Pictures of Siroos Ghahremani.

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Siroos Ghahremani

· Leave a Comment · In Performances, Nostalgia

Siroos Ghahremani, an Iranian showman from the 1950s and 1960s entertains people in his private zoo in the city of Shiraz. The photos are most probably from the mid-1960s.
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