Shah of Persia – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Shah of Persia comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Shah of Persia
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The record gives this picture only a title, "Shah of Persia," which Bain News Service recorded on its negatives or caption cards without verification, so the sitter is unconfirmed. The title points to the Qajar dynasty, which ruled Persia, now Iran, from 1789 to 1925. The Bain News Service, a New York agency founded around 1900, sold news photographs to newspapers, and its glass negatives were often captioned quickly. Treat the identification as a starting point for further research rather than a settled fact.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,197 × 5,773 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-30993 |
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