PhotographAA-0693

Assyrian boy eating a cucumber, with two other children, Urmia region

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1890s

Three children in striped smocks and caps stand on a dirt mound before a haystack; the smallest holds a cucumber. Mounted and captioned "Syrian boy enjoying a cucumber", initialled L.W.S.; PHS dates it about 1892–1918.

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Presbyterian Historical Society, Shedd Family Papers (RG 16-0623)

Assyrian boy eating a cucumber, with two other children, Urmia region

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