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Iran's on view at the science centre

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Iran's on view at the science centre

Date10/27/1975

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Beny, Roloff (subject)

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Iran's on view at the science centre. Eighty photographs of Iran by Roloff Beny, Canadian artist and photographer, are part of the mosaic of Iran on display at the Ontario Science Centre until Nov. 14, and Beny himself was there yesterday. The photos are from his ninth and latest book, Persia: Bridge of Turquoise, commissioned by Queen Farah of Iran. Also on display are murals, Persian rugs, contemporary and historical artifacts, rug weaving and a working model of an oil-drilling rig in action.

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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0032152F

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