Description:
[Text transcribed from caption] Property of Belle and Jim, Persia. Prince 57'
12 in. high. Peter 55' 12 in. high. In the no. Persian wild ass (the
presumptive progenitor of the animal in the photograph), a male's height at
the shoulder is given as 50 in., a female's as 44 in. Extinct and vanishing
mammals of the Old World. Perhaps the measurement given on the back of the
photographs, the original of which belonged to Mrs. Hawkes, applied to the
distance from the top of the head to the ground. F.H. 4-16-70. (Francis
Harper.)
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Harper, Francis.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Horses--Iran., Donkeys--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159895