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Wedding party at Tel Keppe, mid-1950s

Place: Tel Keppe · today Iraq
Date: 1950s

A bride in Tel Keppe's traditional wedding dress, headdress and heavy jewellery stands under an arched courtyard among women and girls in similar dress. Photographic postcard by the Eldorado Studio of Baghdad, printed "76 - Wedding at Telkaif".

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Eldorado Studio, Baghdad · Tagged public domain on Commons; source https://twitter.com/ArchiveAssyria/status/1363631456883527680

Wedding party at Tel Keppe, mid-1950s

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