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  • Lisa (Assadourian) Sampson

    March 5, 2019 Good morning, Do you have any records of Malkon and Mariam (Yeryaian) Assadourian ? They migrated from the Armenian Genocide to Marseilles, France. Thank you March 17, 2024 Richard Asadorian This is a photograph of most of my family from Malatia (including my grandfather Stephen). I am interested in learning my family’s…

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  • Vahé Achikian

    The carpenters are members of the Tcholaqian family of Yuqari Mahalle ( Verin Tagh) of Zeytoun. The one in the middle is the elder brother of Aram Bey Tcholaqian, the hero Mesrop Agha Tcholaqian of the 1895 Grand Uprising of Zeytun who also participated in the March-April 1915 resistance battle of Sourp Astvadzadzin Monastery in…

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  • Vahé Achikian

    The photo is of Usta (Master) Artin Tcholakyan in 1913 of Zeytun, a master craftsman of the Santoor, an oriental version of the celtic hammered dulcimer. Usta Artin was the paternal uncle of Panos Tcholakyan, one of the heroic freedom fighters of Zeytun who was the distinguished squad leader of Armenian defenders in the Grand…

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  • Assadourian family – Malatia 1913

    Assadourian family from Malatia in 1913. Second rank from left to right: Chamiran Ansourlian (Sarkis Assadourian’s wife and Satenig’s mother), Mihran Assadourian (Asadoorian), Stepan Assadourian, Asdour Assadourian. First rank: Satenig Assadourian, Sarkis Assadourian (Satenig’s father), Anna Koussamanoukian, little Kevork Assadourian (Satenig’s brother) sitting on the lap of Anna Koussamanoukian, Kirkor Assadourian and his wife Nartouhi…

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  • Hripsimiants Girls’ School of Sebastia (Sevaz) – 1913

    Hripsimiants Girls’ School of Sebastia (Sevaz) in 1913. 1st rank from left to right : Gul Hanem Mehterian, unknown teacher, Akabi Tuzladjian, Mihran Isbirian (director), Hagop Altunian, Miss Baydzar, Makruhi Terzian. 2nd rank : Aghavni Panosian, Lusentak Ohanian, Zemrukhd Balabanian, Arshaluys Isbirian, Mariam Poladian, Maritsa Morukian (Mrs Ashbahian), Yeprakse Zemperian, Yearut Shahinian (Mrs Pedian). 3d…

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  • Music group, Aramian college of Sebastia (Sevaz) – 1913

    Music group, Aramian college of Sebastia (Sevaz) in 1913. Sitting in the center : Mihran Isbirian. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Tcholaqian family – Zeytun 1913

    Tcholaqian family – Zeytun 1913. Photo of Tcholaqian gunworks atelier in Orta Mahallesi (Surenian Quarter) of Zeytun circa 1913. L to R : Vartevar Hodja Tcholaqian, Calouste Tcholaqian and Artin Tcholaqian. Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection  

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  • Surp Asdvadzadzin Vank – Zeytun 1913

    Surp Asdvadzadzin Vank – Zeytun 1913. This is a rare photo of an Easter gathering of Armenians at Surp Asdvadzadzin Vank [Turkish: Ermeni Gregoryen Surp Astvatsatsin Tekke Manastiri] in the Tekke heights next to Zeytun from c. 1913. In the middle is the gray-bearded Archimandrite of Zeytun, Der Garabet Kecheyan. Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection

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  • High School Graduates – Adapazar 1913

    High School Graduates – Adapazar 1913. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Street in Constantinople – 1913

    Street in Constantinople – 1913. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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