PhotographAA-0535

Nestorian children

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1900s

A group of children and youths in local dress, some seated in front, against a line of trees, captioned "Nestorian Children". Possibly in the Urmia plain.

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Presbyterian Historical Society, Pearl Digital Collections (Shedd Family Papers, "Turkey and Iran photo album", c. 1900-1910)

Shedd family

Nestorian children

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