Uzbekistan
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Advertisement for Karakul Sheep. "Bringing a Harem to Texas", 1870s-1930s
Article, illustration and photographs from the St. Louis Dispatch, January 24, 1909 entitled, "Bringing a Harem to Texas" about Dr. C C Young's importing Karakul sheep from Bokhara [Uzbekistan] to Holliday [Texas]. The illustraion shows a man in Arabic dress offering a platter with small men on it to a Western man in a top hat. There is a map of the Central Asian region and two photographs of women in Uzbek costume.
Fat-Tailed Sheep, Khiva [Uzbekistan], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a few fat-tailed sheep in a courtyard in Khiva, [Uzbekistan] taken by Ella Christie of Cowden Castle in [possibly 1912].
His Excellency, the Kushbegi, Vice Emir of Bokhara [Bukhara], [Uzbekistan], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of His Excellency, the Kushbegi, the Vice Emir of Bokhara [Bukhara], [Uzbekistan] riding in an open-topped carriage drawn by a team of horses in the early 20th century.
Karakul Market of Old Bokhara City, [Uzbekistan], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of Uzbek men and boys in traditional dress holding Karakul lambs in the Karakul Market of Old Bokhara City, [Bukhara], [Uzbekistan] in the early 20th century.