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Home > Arts & Sciences > Intercultural & Anthropological Studies > Loeffler Iranian Images > Daily life

Daily life in Boir Ahmad, Iran

This section depicts the activities of daily life beyond those concerning agriculture and herding. Many of these images are of women and children. Women worked incessantly to maintain the household, process milk, and raise children. Life was very hard for most of these women. Girls were an important economic asset for their labor in the household. Once education became available, children were sent to school by all but the very poorest families: at first boys, and then increasingly girls as well. This meant that parents had to work harder and longer into old age to maintain the family and to ensure easier future livelihoods for their children.

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  • Daughter of fieldworker attempting to bake bread by Reinhold Loeffler

    Daughter of fieldworker attempting to bake bread

  • Woman explaining the handicrafts business she set up for local women in Boir Ahmad by Reinhold Loeffler

    Woman explaining the handicrafts business she set up for local women in Boir Ahmad

  • Commercial bakery has replaced home bread baking in Boir Ahmad village by Reinhold Loeffler

    Commercial bakery has replaced home bread baking in Boir Ahmad village

  • Construction of a modern home in Sisakht by Reinhold Loeffler

    Construction of a modern home in Sisakht

  • Old men chatting on the steps of a village building by Reinhold Loeffler

    Old men chatting on the steps of a village building

  • Girl helping with milking by Reinhold Loeffler

    Girl helping with milking

  • Children's vaccination program, Boir Ahmad by Reinhold Loeffler

    Children's vaccination program, Boir Ahmad

  • Women cooking, Boir Ahmad village by Reinhold Loeffler

    Women cooking, Boir Ahmad village

  • Women at rest in the afternoon by Reinhold Loeffler

    Women at rest in the afternoon

  • Village blacksmith by Reinhold Loeffler

    Village blacksmith

  • Village carpenter with lathe by Reinhold Loeffler

    Village carpenter with lathe

  • Baby in a traditional cradle by Reinhold Loeffler

    Baby in a traditional cradle

  • Man at child eating meal by Reinhold Loeffler

    Man at child eating meal

  • Child drinking water from goat skin bag by Reinhold Loeffler

    Child drinking water from goat skin bag

  • Village carpenter by Reinhold Loeffler

    Village carpenter

  • Woman baking bread in Boir Ahmad by Reinhold Loeffler

    Woman baking bread in Boir Ahmad

  • Woman baking bread in Boir Ahmad by Reinhold Loeffler

    Woman baking bread in Boir Ahmad

  • Picnic in the countryside is a popular leisure activity by Erika Friedl

    Picnic in the countryside is a popular leisure activity

  • Picnic in the countryside is a popular leisure activity by Erika Friedl

    Picnic in the countryside is a popular leisure activity

  • Picnic in the countryside is a popular leisure activity by Erika Friedl

    Picnic in the countryside is a popular leisure activity

  • Women having tea with visitors by Erika Friedl

    Women having tea with visitors

  • Salt Flats for Local Harvesting of Salt by Reinhold Loeffler

    Salt Flats for Local Harvesting of Salt

  • The Village Blacksmith, 1966 by Reinhold Loeffler

    The Village Blacksmith, 1966

  • Woman Milling Grain with Stone by Reinhold Loeffler

    Woman Milling Grain with Stone

  • Gathering Wild Acorns by Reinhold Loeffler

    Gathering Wild Acorns

 
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