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.
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.