6/21/10

1919 -- Baha'i Class in Qazvin, Persia

Baha'i class of Mirza Muhammad Labib in Qazvin, Persia, February 28, 1919.
Those marked with 'x' are Esperanto students

6/20/10

1920 -- Boring commenced at the site of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, Chicago

Baha'i friends and workmen on Mashriqu'l-Adhkar grounds when boring commenced on September 24, 1920. Louis Bourgeois is holding a drawing of the Temple.

6/19/10

1919 -- New York City


Delegates and friends attending Eleventh Annual Mashriqu'l-Adhkar convention and Baha'i Congress, New York city, 1919

6/12/10

1920 Germany -- Baha'is Celebrating Mashriqu'l-Adhkar Feast

Baha'is of Germany celebrating Mashriqu'l-Adhkar Feast at Esslingen, Wurttemburg, August 15, 1920

6/11/10

1919 -- A group of Baha'is assembled on Mt. Carmel

A group of Baha'is assembled on Mt. Carmel during summer of 1919. Shoghi Effendi is standing front row, fourth from the left.

6/6/10

The Hannen Family in Washington DC, circa 1912

Circa 1912 -- The family of Joseph and Pauline Hannen, Washington DC
Left to Right: Amelia Knobloch, Alma Knobloch, Carl A. Hannen, Pauline
Hannen, and Joseph Hannen

6/2/10

1913 - The first Japanese Baha'i in US

The first Japanese Baha'i, Kanichi Yamamoto, (standing), photographed in 1913, shortly after 'Abdu'l-Baha's departure from California. Seated, left to right: Hiroshi, Shinji, Masao, and Ima, Kanichi's first wife.