PhotographAA-0511

Syrian (Assyrian) family in Urmia

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1900s

Five members of an Assyrian family of Urmia, two seated and three standing, photographed against a mud-brick wall. The mount is captioned "Famille syrienne à Ourmia" and initialled L.W.S. (Louise Wilbur Shedd).

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Presbyterian Historical Society, Pearl Digital Collections (Shedd Family Papers)

Shedd family

Syrian (Assyrian) family in Urmia

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