1925 -- Some Believers in Cairo, Egypt with Martha Root

Martha Root with Aziz Yazdi and some other Baha'is of Cairo, Egypt, circa 1925

1925 -- The first Eastern woman to be able to speak in public in the East

Dr. and Mrs. K. M. Foujdar of Bombay, India, 1925

Mrs. Foujdar (formerly Shirin Irani) is the first Eastern woman to be able to speak in public in the East.

1925 -- Some Baha'is of Port Said, Egypt

Some Baha'is of Port Said, Egypt, 1925

1925 Haifa -- Martha Root and other pilgrims

Martha Root with other pilgrims, Haifa 1925

Baha'is of Paris, circa 1902

Baha'is of Paris, circa 1902

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.

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.

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

The Boys and Girls Schools in Ishqabad, Russia, 1925

The Boys School in Ishqabad, Russia, 1925

The Girls School in Ishqabad, Russia, 1925

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

1925 -- Some Baha'is in a village near Baghdad, Iraq

A group of Baha'i friends in Avashiq, a village near Baghdad, Iraq

1925 -- Some Baha'is in Santa Paula, California

Jenab-i-Fadil with some Baha'is of California at Santa Paula, 1925

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.

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

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.

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)

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

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.

1919 -- New York City

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

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

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

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.

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

Munirih Khanum ('Abdu'l-Baha's wife) with the Greatest Holy Leaf ('Abdu'l-Baha's sister)

Munirih Khanum (l) with the Greatest Holy Leaf

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.

1918 -- Celebration of the Day of the Covenant in Chicago

Chicago Baha'is celebrating Feast of the Center of the Covenant, 'Abdu'l-Baha, November 26, 1918

1915 -- Baha'is in Japan with Martha Root

July 1915 - The first photograph of Baha'is of Japan with Martha Root and Agnes Alexander. Mr Fukuta, the first Japanese to accept the Faith in Japan, is seated front row, far left, next to Martha Root. Agnes Alexander is second from left in the back row

1932 - The ceremony of laying the cornerstone for the Baha'i center in Tihran

Laying the cornerstone for the Baha'i center in Tihran, 1932

1926: Visiting Ruhi Afnan with some Chicago Baha'is

Some Baha'is of Chicago with visiting Ruhi Afnan, 1926

1916 -- Esperanto Class in Tihran supported by some Baha'is

Esperanto Class in Tihran

1916--The person marked "4" is a Jew and the teacher of the Esperanto class. He was in Paris at the same time as 'Abdu'l-Baha. The person marked "1" is a prince, Mirza Bahman. In the center sits Dr. Susan Moody to the left, and Miss Elizabeth Stewart to the right.

Circa 1915-1918: Martha Root & Burmese Baha'is

Martha Root (left) and Julia Goldman (right), circa 1918

May 1915, Burma

Martha Root (standing, center), the first caucasian Baha'i woman to visit Burmese Baha'is. Siyyid Mustafa Rumi, the Baha'i teacher in Burma is standing to the left of Martha Root.

1902 -- Construction begins of the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in the Baha'i world

November 1902 -- Laying the foundation stone of the Baha'i Temple in Ishqabad, Russia Haji Mirza Muhammad-Taqi, a cousin of the Bab, is standing next to General Krupatkin in the first row.

Commemorating Baha'u'llah's 100th Birhday -- Chicago 1917

The Centennial Festival in commemoration of the Birth of Baha'u'llah -- Chicago, November 1917

Baha'i Pioneers of Iran -- about 1891

Baha'i pioneers of Iran about 1891 in Tabriz.

Third row, sitting third from right is Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa, distinguished Baha'i Martyr. First row, second from left is his son Ruhu'llah, who was also martyred.

May and Sutherland Maxwell

May and Sutherland Maxwell

Circa 1868 -- Some Baha'is in Adrianople

Circa 1868: Some Baha'is in Adrianople

Standing left to right: Aqa Muhammad-Quli-i-Isfahani, Mirza Nasru'llah-i-Tafsiri, Nabil-i-A'zam, Mirza Aqa Jan, Mishkin-Qalam, Mirza 'Aliy-i-Sayyah, Aqa Husayn-i-Ashchi and Aqa 'Abdu'l-Ghaffar-i-Isfahani. Sitting, left to right: Mirza Muhammad-Javad-i-Qazvini, Mirza Mihdi, 'Abdu'l-Baha, Mirza Muhammad-Quli (with, presumably, one of his children) and Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahihi. Sitting on the floor, left to right: Majdi'd-Din (son of Mirza Musa) and Mirza Muhammad-'Ali (half-brother of 'Abdu'l-Baha)

1903 -- Bahiyyih Khanum (the Greatest Holy Leaf), Munirih Khanum (wife of 'Abdu'l-Baha), and the daughters of 'Abdu'l-Baha

Women of the Holy Household with some western visitors

Standing left to right: unknown, unknown, unknown, Julia Culver, Emogene Hoagg, Maryam, unknown, Zaynat (wife of Dr. Zia Baghdadi), Mihranghiz, unknown. Seated: Suraya, Munirih Khanum (wife of 'Abdu'l-Baha), Bahiyyih Khanum (the Greatest Holy Leaf), and (the daughters of 'Abdu'l-Baha) Diya'iyyih Khanum, Tuba Khanum, and Ruha Khanum. Children seated on the carpet: Hasan, Zahra, Riyal, unknown, Parvin (daughter of Dr. Baghdadi), and Fu'ad.

1916 - Some Baha'is in Japan with Miss Alexander

Miss Alexander (upper row) and Dr. Augur (lower row) of Honolulu, with a group of Japanese Baha'is in Japan

Some Baha'is in Akka 1909; Ridvan Feast in Oakland, California, 1915

A group of Baha'i men, Akka, circa 1909

Ridvan Feast Oakland, California 1915

Ridvan Feast Oakland, California 1915

Group of Baha'is in Manchester, England with Shoghi Effendi -- October 1921

Group of Baha'is in Manchester, October 1921. Top row standing, left to right: Albert Joseph, John Craven, Jim Birch, and H. Jarvis. Second row standing, left to right: Rebecca Hall, Lucy Hall, Mrs Heald, Mrs Chessell, Jeff Joseph, Oliver Jarvis, Mrs Hofere, and Mrs Birch. Sitting, left to right: Nora Crossley, James Chessell with Helen Chessell, Shoghi Effendi, E.T. Hall, Z. Azgarzadeh, Mr Heald, Norman Craven, Mrs Craven. Front sitting, left to right: Harold Taylor, Edward R. Hall, Ronald Craven, and Mabel Chessell

Some Western Baha'i Women Assist Baha'is in Iran, circa 1912

Miss Lillian Kapps with boys in a class that she was teaching at the Tarbiyat School in Tihran, Iran, circa 1912

Dr Susan Moody in Tihran, Iran, with two young children, circa 1912

Left to right: Miss Lillian Kappes, Dr. Sarah Clock, and Dr. Susan Moody, with a woman named Tahirih Khanum in Tihran, Iran, circa 1912