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A caravanserie (where travellers could rest whilst on the trade routes in Asia) at an unknown location.
There is an illegible signature (?) in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph.

Unknown pub by unknown canal, but in a box of slides connected t Richard Trevithick.

Photograph of a meeting inside a mosque at an unknown location. Women are present at this meeting, sitting behind the men and also on the gallery. The women are heavily veiled.

These are the wives and neighbours of the Rosebud PZ87 crew.
Mary Jane Matthews is third from the right.
The women are signing a letter to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, asking for her help in sparing their homes from demolition by Penzance…

Photograph of an English steamer discharging cargo on the Euphrates.
The number 163 can be seen on the photograph when enlarged - possibly indicating that it is a professional photograph.

See also PEOP 21HG 101

Exterior of The Bull Hotel, Dartford, where Richard Trevithick died. He is buried in the town.

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Print of Popeye (dredger grounded in Carbis Bay near Upton Towans with 2 children standing by

Photograph of a caravanserai at an unknown location in Persia (Iran). A caravanserai was a place for travellers to rest on journeys across the network of trade routes.

Photograph of local people bleaching cotton at an unknown location in Persia (Iran)

Photograph of ruins at Persepolis, northwest of modern Shiraz, Iran. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

Large group of people, some wearing sashes and regalia, standing in the grounds of a large house

Photograph of Artillery Square, Tehran

Painting Richard Trevithick

Illustration in a book of Trevithick's plan for London railway 1808

Portrait of Robert Thomas, Mayor of Penzance 1935-1936. See also PEOP 21HG 096 and 097