Street scenes in pre revolution Tehran, Iran. A policeman directs traffic in front of the Bagh-e Melli Gate (Tehran, District 12, Imam Khomeini St, Iran) at the National Garden of Tehran. The policeman stands beside a traffic light. Cars, buses, horse carts, and bicycles are seen in traffic. Iranian worker man uses a primitive rope reel to pull a bucket out of a hole in downtown Tehran. Minarets of the Sepahsalar Mosque (Tehran Province, Tehran, Allameh Sharif-e-Razi, Iran).
Cars and horse carts move past the Iran Central Bank building, now the Treasury of National Jewels Museum (Tehran Province, Tehran, Javadiyeh, 213 Avenue Central Bank of Ferdowsi, Iran.) Cars drive past the modernist Bank Melli Iran building on Ferdowsi Avenue, Tehran. Tehran Toopkhaneh / Sepah Square (Imam Khomeini Sq.) with view of Reza Shah Pahlavi statue.
Pedestrians cross a street near the Houshang KhanShaghaghi building, Tehran's first skyscraper, in pre revolution downtown Tehran, Iran. Iranian women are both wearing Western and traditional Muslim attire on the street. The Post and Telegraph Office building on Tehran Toopkhaneh / Sepah Square (Imam Khomeini Sq.) Signs in English and Persian read “Chief of Mission” and “Deputy Chief of Mission and Chief of Staff”. Men riding donkeys in the middle of the busy road in front of the National Consultative Assembly building. Close up of lion holding sword statue atop gate to the National Consultative Assembly building. The dome and minarets of Sepahsalar Mosque, southeast of Baharestan square.
Two palace guards stand outside the Golestan Palace and Royal Museum in Tehran, Iran. (Tehran District 12 Panzdah-e-Khordad St Fifth Khordad Avenue Arg Sqr, Iran). Two Iranian guards stand by the entrance of the museum. A soldier walks past the entrance. Intricate relief plaster work decorates the ceiling inside the Golestan Palace. Intricate tile in courtyard.
United States dependent children attend the American Dependents School (later known as Tehran American School) in Tehran, Iran before the revolution. An Iranian school bus is parked outside the school gate. The children and women cross the school yard. Snow-capped mountain range is seen behind the school. American teachers and personnel exit a GMC school bus labeled “School Bus 4”. Boys playing basketball in school yard. A teacher watches over students playing on monkey bars of school playground. Sign reads “American Dependents School”
Women and children enter the United States Army Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Sign reads “U.S. Army Hospital”. Iranian army caravans soldiers transport weapons and supplies on a road in Tehran.