1929: Baha'is of Karachi, India

Baha'is of Karachi, India, 1929

1929: A group of Baha'is from Bournemouth, England

A group of Baha'is from Bournemouth, England, 1929

November 1919: Harry Randall with Mirza 'Abbas Kuli in Haifa

Harry Randall with Mirza 'Abbas Kuli, November 1919, Haifa

June 1931: Six members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada with some friends

June 1931, West Englewood, New Jersey, Evergreen Cabin: Six members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada with some friends. Clockwise: from bottom center: Roy Wilhelm, Mrs. J.O.Wilhelm, Martha Root, Bertha Herklotz, Alfred Hunt, Siegfried Schopflocher, Carl Scheffer, Louis Gregory, and Horace Holley

1924: Martha Root in Auckland, with first Baha'i from New Zealand

Martha Root (on the right) with Margaret Stevenson, the first Baha'i in New Zealand, in Auckland, 1924

April 1928: Twentieth Annual Convention of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada

Delegates and friends attending the Twentieth Annual Convention of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada -- assembled in the Foundation Hall of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, April 26-30, 1928

circa 1927: Baha'is of Tunis

Baha'is of Tunis, circa 1927

1928: Baha'i Unity Meeting in Pretoria, South Africa

Baha'i Unity Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa, 1928

1926 -- Howard MacNutt, a disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha

Howard MacNutt of Brooklyn, N.Y., a disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha and a prominent Baha'i teacher, who died at Miami, Florida, December 26, 1926. This, his favorite picture, was taken in California. He stands at the grave, in Los Angeles cemetery, of Thornton Chase, another disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, who was designated by 'Abdu'l-Baha as "the first American believer."

1925: A group of pilgrims in Haifa

A group of pilgrims in Haifa, spring 1925. Martha Root is second from right in the front row. This was Martha Roots' first pilgrimage to the World Center of the Baha'i Faith.

1929: A group of Baha'is in Vienna, Austria

A group of Baha'is in Vienna, Austria, 1929

1929: Third Annual Baha'i Amity Conference at Green Acre

A group of Baha'is and their friends in attendance at the Third Annual Amity Conference, August 1929, at Green Acre, Eliot, Maine

1927 -- Teaching committee of the Baha'is of Hamadan, Persia

Teaching committee of the Baha'is of Hamadan, Persia, 1927

22 May 1922: Greatest Holy Leaf with Lady Blomfield

Greatest Holy Leaf with Lady Blomfield, 22 May 1922, Haifa

A group of Western pilgrims in Haifa, November 1919

A group of Western pilgrims in Haifa eating fruit from 'Abdu'l-Baha's garden, November 1919. Left to right: George Latimer, Arthur Hathaway, Ruth Randall, Harry Randall, Dr. Esslemont, and Bahiyyih Randall