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  • Zeytun, January 1907

    Zeytun, January 1907. Pueblo-style houses of Boz Bayir [ Shorvoghluyan Taghamas ] quarter of Zeytun. Photo by Prof. Hugo Grothe, from his ” Mein Expedizion aus der Vorderasien ” published in Leipzig, year 1911. Vahé Achikian – Zeytoun Private Coll.

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  • Zeytun town under snow, January 1907

    Zeytun town under snow, January 1907. Qarghalar Mahallé and Zeytun Sourenian Qalé in the foreground. Vahé Achikian – Zeytoun Private Coll.

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  • Josiane Fischer

    Parantzem and Sembad Vezirian are standing up. The children on the photo : Hagop and Aghaton, their first two sons. Sembad disappeared during the Armenian genocide. Parantzem and their five children, Hagop, Aghaton, Megherditch, Aroussiak and Meline, took refuge in France.

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  • Funeral of Archbishop Bedros of Sebastia on April 24, 1907

    Funeral of Archbishop Bedros of Sebastia on April 24, 1907. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Zeytun 1907: Armenians in the street

    Zeytun village, Qargalar Tagh, 1907: some Armenian men and a child on the street photographed by Hugo Grothe, a German geographic photographer. Vahé Achikian Private Collection.

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  • Zeytun Armenian villagetown – 1907

    Zeytun Armenian villagetown – 1907. Zeytun panoramic photo taken by German geographer Hugo Grothe in 1907. Note the pueblo-style dwellings and multiple-terraced housing structures perched on the slopes of Zeytun heights. Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection

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  • Bird’s eye photo of Zeytun – 1907

    The bird’s eye photo-panoramique of Zeytun (Zeytoun) was taken by the German traveler-geographer Hugo Grothe in 1907 from the heights of mount Berzengà. The photo was published in his book in 1909. Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection

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  • Armenian woman from Georgia – 1907

    Armenian woman from Georgia in 1907. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Bahar Malkasian, Sahag Boghosian, Zaruhi Malkasian – Pazmashen 1907

    Bahar Malkasian, Sahag Boghosian (nephew), Zaruhi Malkasian (daughter), in Pazmashen in 1907. Craig Karekin Wallen Private Coll.

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  • Armenian family – Sebastia 1907

    Armenian family – Sebastia 1907

    Armenian family from Sebastia (Sevaz) in 1907. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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