Collection: Gordon Watts Iran Photographs | National Agricultural Library

Content Description

Collection of photographic prints taken during former US Forest Service employee Gordon Watts' assignment on a USDA advisory team to Iran. Photos taken throughout Iranian countryside and include agricultural subjects such as crop fields and livestock. Also taken during sightseeing including landscapes, villages, local people, and festivals.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1973 - 1974

Total Size of Collection

1 Linear Feet (3 shoebox sized non-archival boxes of photos in plastic bags, rehoused into 2 archival boxes.) : Approximately 1,000 photographic color prints and over 20 color slides. ; Photographic prints 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

All photos are captioned on the back with dates, locations, and sometimes descriptions. Photos originally in ziplock bags. Roughly half of those bags were numbered and the rest unmarked. Photos removed from bags but original order and division maintained by numbered dividers.