Fares A. Ferzan Models Syrian Costume with Sword, Dagger, and Rifle (front)
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CloseID: SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4070]
Creator: Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917
Form/Genre: Glass negatives
Date: 1887
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 017, Image No. MNH-4070
Fares A. Ferzan, of Mount Lebanon, Syria, was a shopkeeper in Atlantic City who traveled to several expositions in the 1880s where he demonstrated fine silk weaving techniques. He sold a coat (E94012-0) to the Smithsonian Institution, modeled here, in 1887.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 017, Image No. MNH-4070
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Clothing and dress
Syria
Glass negatives
SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4070]
10 x 8;