Grain Market, Ourmiah, Persia (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    Grain Market, Ourmiah, Persia

    [1911]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date from similar Bain negative: LC-B2-3284-14.
    Photo probably taken during visit of Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898-1930) to Urmia, Iran. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and similar Bain negative: LC-B2-3284-14)
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Subjects:
     Ourmiah, Persia

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13059

    Call Number: LC-B2- 3284-10

    Comments and faves

    1. swanq (45 months ago | reply)

      See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia

      "Due to Urmia's relatively large Christian population growth by the end of the 19th century, Urmia also became the seat of the first American Christian mission in Iran in 1835."

    2. Kristi (LOC P&P) (45 months ago | reply)

      swanq: Thank you for the information regarding the current name of this location in Iran. When we update the record, we will expand the descriptive information.

    3. Wystan (38 months ago | reply)

      Doesn't this quote refer to the 18th century?

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