PhotographAA-0676

Nestorian (Assyrian) village sewing society, early 1900s

Place: Turkey
Date: 20th century

About twenty women and girls in white headscarves, several holding patchwork squares, pose with a boy against a brick wall. The Methodist album caption reads "Nestorian village sewing society. Turkey."; the village is not named.

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General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church, GCAH Mission Albums Gallery (Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church photograph albums)

Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Nestorian (Assyrian) village sewing society, early 1900s

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