1912 -- 'Abdu'l-Baha with the children of Ali-Kuli Khan and Florence

1912 -- 'Abdu'l-Baha with the children of Ali-Kuli Khan and Florence

'Abdu'l-Baha with the children of Ali-Kuli Khan and Florence

Left to right: Marzieh, Hamideh and Rahim

Saturday, April 24, 2010

'Abdu'l-Baha in Chicago, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago

Viewing the animals at Lincoln Park Zoo

Descending stairway to a wooded dell, Lincoln Park

At Lincoln Park

With some Baha'i friends at Lincoln Park

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre August 16-23, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre

'Abdu'l-Baha speaking to Sarah Farmer through His interpreter

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre

At Parson's Home; In Cleveland, Ohio; and at a Youth Camp

'Abdu'l-Baha at the Parson's home, August 15, 1912

Left to right: Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani, Edward Getsinger, Mirza Ali-Akbar Nakhjavani (?),

Dr Amin Farid, Ahmad Sohrab, Ali Kuli Khan, 'Abdu'l-Baha, Mirza Valiyu'llah-i-Varqa,

and Siyyid Asadu'llah

'Abdu'l-Baha in Cleveland, Ohio May 5, 1912

Edward and Lua Getsinger are at the center rear

'Abdu'l-Baha at a youth camp, August 1, 1912

Ahmad Sohrab, standing left, and Valiyu'llah-i-Varqa, right are in fezes

Thursday, April 1, 2010

May 1912: In Chicago and at Temple Site

'Abdu'l-Baha speaking at Plymouth Congregational Church, Chicago, May 5, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha addresses the Baha'is gathered at the Temple site, Wilmette, May 1, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha at dedication of Temple site in Wilmette, Illinois, 1912

Addressing friends at ceremonies on occasion of laying the foundation stone of

the Mother Temple of the West, May 1, 1912

Breaking the ground at the Temple site, each race and nation taking a turn

A souvenir of some soil from the excavation at the Temple site

'Abdu'l-Baha with Children

'Abdu'l-Baha with children in Chicago, May 1912

Abdu'l-Baha with Musette 'Ruhiyyih' Jones and Joseph Ioas in Chicago 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha with children in Chicago

'Abdu'l-Baha holds Gertrude Hammond at Green Acre

'Abdu'l-Baha with a few children in Washington DC

Left to right: Lorraine Hopper, Laila Bowman, Mary Aldrich and Katherine Doyle

'Abdu'l-Baha walking with Ruhiyyih Jones

Visits to Turkish and Persian Ambassadors in USA

1912--'Abdu'l-Baha with Ambassador Yusuf Diya Pasha of Turkey in USA (third from the left)

Other believers present are, left to right: Zia Baghdadi, Mirza Valiyu'llah Khan,

Siyyid Asadu'llah and Ali Kuli Khan

 

Visit to Mr Topakyan, Persian Consul General in USA

Hospitality provided by Persian Consul General Topakyan in honor of 'Abdu'l-Baha