7/28/10

Maternal cousin of the Bab with some early believers

Haji Mirza Muhammad Taqi Afnan, Vakilu'd-Dawlih, center, maternal cousin of the Bab, who largely paid for and supervised the building of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in 'Ishqabad, Russia.

7/27/10

1924 -- Martha Root with some Baha'is in Melbourne, Australia

Martha Root with some Baha'is in Melbourne, Australia, 1924
Front row, left to right: Mrs. Laws, and Martha Root; second row, left to right, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Thornton, Miss McLughlin; standing, left to right, Miss Hastings, Mrs. Harris, and Mrs. Dinson.

7/24/10

1921 -- Baha'i Feast in Seoul Korea

The Baha'i Feast given to Miss Agnes Alexander, September 9, 1921 in Seoul, Korea.
Agnes Alexander brought the Baha'i Message to Korea

7/23/10

The Boys and Girls Schools in Ishqabad, Russia, 1925

The Boys School in Ishqabad, Russia, 1925




The Girls School in Ishqabad, Russia, 1925

7/20/10

1925 -- Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Baha'is of US and Canada

Delegates and friends attending the Seventeenth Annual Convention and Congress of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada, at Green Acre, Eliot, Main, July 5, 1925

7/15/10

Vaffa and Saffa Kinney of New York city

Carrie and Edward Kinney of New York
'Abdu'l-Baha gave Edward the name Saffa (serenity) and Carrie, Vaffa which means certitude.

7/11/10

1920 -- Twelveth Annual Mashriqu'l-Adhkar Convention in New York


Baha'i delegates and friends attending the twelveth annual Mashriqu'l-Adhkar convention in New York city

7/7/10

1920 -- A Famous Persian Travel Teacher Meets the Baha'is in Washington DC

A Persian Travel Teacher, Jenab-i-Fazel Mazandarani meets Baha'i friends in Washington, DC. Also seen in the picture is Manucher Khan sitting next to Jenab-i-Fazel.

7/6/10

1920 -- Some Believers from West and East in Tehran, Persia

Some believers from East and West in Tehran, Iran, 1920
Standing, left to right: Elizabeth H Stewart, Muhammad Labib (just returened from Haifa), Dr. Sarah Clock, Mirza Nur'd-Din. Seated, left to right, Lillian Kappes, Mahboobe (niece of Muhammad Labib), Dr. Susan Moody, Monavar (orphan from Qazwin in Tarbiat School), and Ghodieh Ashraf (just returned from America)