Armenians at Work

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L2004.075.001
Singer Sewing Machine salesman Stepan Dingilian commissioned this photo of himself and his client in 1899 in the town of Sivri-Hissar near Angora (Ankora), Ottoman Empire. He appears to be demonstrating the quality of the stitching. Note the crank w... View Full Record
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K1997.025.002
Workers for the K. Arakelian Fruit Company. Fresno, California, circa 1900. Photo by M.D. Sloat... View Full Record
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K1987.014.006
Women spinning in Sepastia, Ottoman Empire, circa 1910.... View Full Record
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L1984.003.025
Hadji Hagop OHANIAN (Johnson), in 1910, New Britain, Connecticut. Hagop, who was born in the 1870s, drove a trolleycar and was a barber before becoming a policeman. He often acted as an interpreter for new Armenian immigrants.... View Full Record
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K1988.011.036
Shoemakers in Aintab, Ottoman Empire. Photograph most likely taken between 1909 and 1919.... View Full Record
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K1985.006.002
Children winnowing the wheat in Heusenig, Kharpert, Ottoman Empire. ... View Full Record
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K2010.007.COL.A.003
David Damerjian in his father Sahag Damerjian's shoe store, 231 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1915. The following information was provided by the photo donor and is in relationship to himself. c. 1915. Philadelphia 231 M... View Full Record
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L1993.022.069
Union City, New Jersey, July 4, 1917. Members of the Armenian Red Cross, later known as the Armenian Relief Society, hold banner during parade with the number 120 on it. 120 indicates the number of people from Union City, of every nationality, who h... View Full Record
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L1990.007.009
Dr. Hagop "Jacob" Hekimian, a resident in general surgery, posed in the operating room at Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, August 26, 1917. Dr. Hekimian's name indicates his profession. In Turkish, hekim means �doctor.� Back in Aintab, his... View Full Record
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L1977.001.008
The information below was provided by the photo donor and is in relation to the photo donor: Inside Hazarian's Furs and Skins, 140 W. 27 Street, New York, New York, circa 1918. Left to right: Haroutune HAZARIAN, Mike SIVASLIAN, Abe GITLER, and Sa... View Full Record
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K1984.010.061
In front of their train car, four KREKORIAN brothers: seated: Gabriel "Gabe": l-r Joe (Hovsep?), Krekor, and Jean; with Garabed BAGHDIGIAN, their merry-go-round/ferris-wheel concessionaire; man at the very right unown; photo by Zimmerman's studio, Ke... View Full Record
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L1987.067.001
This information was stamped on the front of the photograph: American Tailors, West Pullman, Illinois. The following information was provided by the photo donor: 1921 Kimbark Tailor Shop 1. George 2. Garabed BOYAJIAN, proprietor 3. Avedi... View Full Record
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L1991.032.001
The following information was provided by the photo donor and is in relationship to herself: 1. Selma MINASIAN GOCHIGIAN, mother. Demonstrating the art of rug making. New York City, 1921. ... View Full Record
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L1984.074.002
The following information was provided by the photo donor: Velvet Ice Cream Manufacturing Plant, in business from 1920-1957 in Worcester, MA. 1 to 4: Unknown employees. 5. Sam KALASHIAN, president of KALASHIAN Brothers 6. Sarki KALASHIAN,... View Full Record
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K1998.021.009
Factory in Philadelphia or New Jersey, circa 1922. Varashag HAJINIAN stands at center. It is not known whether he is an owner or worker in this factory. ... View Full Record
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L1984.073.058
As a young man, Koren Der Harootian (1907-1992), a natural-born artist, was encouraged and supported by his mother and sisters. They had all fled Kharpert, Historic Armenia, during the Genocide after their husband/father was tortured and murdered. In... View Full Record
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K1999.001.431
Unnamed workers, Number One Shoe Factory, Yerevan, Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia, 1930s.... View Full Record
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K2008.034.001
Zareh BEDOUKIAN, left and Kerop BEDOUKIAN. Zareh worked for his brother Kerop's Ararat Rug business, while studying for his Ph.D at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1935. ... View Full Record
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L1984.061.002
The following information was provided by the photo donor and is in relationship to herself: Front Row, 2nd person from L to R: Aaron NAJARIAN, father of Francis NAJARIAN (husband). 1935 Civilian Conservation Corps workers. The Civilian Co... View Full Record
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K2013.040.030
Sweater Factory , Athens, Greece c. 1930s The following information was provided by the photo donor: Sweater factory started by English lady to help immigrants This information is written on the back of the photograph in Armenian: "As a sig... View Full Record
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L2003.069.026
Home service in style was the hallmark of Nakashian Persian Rug Cleaning Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1930s; photographer unknown. Arsene Nakashian Company catered to the "discriminating folks of the community," according to their advertising flyer... View Full Record
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K1991.007.015
1937. Star Market. 1. Steve MUGAR, owner of Star Market ... View Full Record
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L1983.060.041
Richard JAFFARIAN, right, with friends Gordon and Gerry LOVETT and their souped-up 1934 Ford stock car, Haverhill, MA, c. 1946; photo by Homer CHASE.... View Full Record
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K1996.028.017
The following information was provided by the photo donor and is in relationship to herself: Alice Katherine NORIAN, self (civilian) principal of U.S. Army School for Officer's children in Bamberg, Germany, c1947.... View Full Record
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L2010.077.128
The following information was provided by the photo donor and is in relationship to himself: 1. Garo MATOSSIAN, self Student intern in the fracture ward at Dr. Bey's American Mission (Presbyterian) Hospital in Tripoli, Lebanon. 1948... View Full Record
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L1987.053.019
The following information was provided by the photo donor and is in relationship to himself: Eliza DEMIRJIAN KEVERIAN (mother) a dressmaker, took in customers at home for many years, 7 days a week, 20 hours a day. Everett, Massachusetts, c.1950.... View Full Record
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K1996.020.003
The following information was provided by the photo donor and is in relationship to himself: Koffee Kup Donut Shop, Springfield Mass 1960. The HACHIGIAN Brothers 1. Popken HACHIGIAN, self 2. Haig HACHIGIAN, brother 3. VASKEN HACHIGIAN, brot... View Full Record
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K2015.006.COL.050
Photo of Jenny BASMAJIAN IONESCU an Armenian-Romanian woman who became a beautician and skin care specialist. ... View Full Record
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K2010.012.036
Photo of men fishing on Lake Sevan. Photos taken in Soviet Armenia during the 1970s. These professional photographs were taken as part of a Soviet propoganda campaign to portray a hard working, harmonious, and technologically advanced society. Th... View Full Record
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K2010.012.040
Photo of women picking fruit. Photos taken in Soviet Armenia during the 1970s. These professional photographs were taken as part of a Soviet propoganda campaign to portray a hard working, harmonious, and technologically advanced society. These p... View Full Record
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K2010.012.038
Photo of man working with computers. Photos taken in Soviet Armenia during the 1970s. These professional photographs were taken as part of a Soviet propoganda campaign to portray a hard working, harmonious, and technologically advanced society. T... View Full Record
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K2002.001.018
Shoemakers, Kharpert, Ottoman Empire. Photo by unidentified photographer, copied by K.S. Melikian of Worcester, MA. one photo in album. Information from text handwritten in album in Armenian: Kharpert, shoemakers, Pamboukjian Brothers On vers... View Full Record