Plays. Musicians. Jugglers. Comedians. Entertainment has existed in every culture going back to the traveling bards and troubadours of old. These photographs give us a little peak into what entertainment looked like in Japan and Iran during the late 19th to the early 20th century.
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| Japan: Twelve Woman Ensemble. |
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| Iran: Arpee Album: Photograph of Musicians and Dancer [graphic] |
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| Iran: Arpee Album: Photograph of the Nakkara Khana [graphic] |
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| Iran: Photograph of Street Performers [graphic] |
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| Tehran, Iran: Royal Puppet Show [graphic] |
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| Japan: Women playing music and dancing. |
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| Kyoto, Japan: Female musicians on stage with Japanese and American flags, likely at a musical presentation. Lara Amrod, Archivist |