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American missionary Corinna Shattuck disbursing wages
Vilayet of Aleppo

American missionary Corinna Shattuck (center, while writing) disbursing wages to Armenian women and girls working for the needlework workshop. She established the workshop with the goal of providing a source of income for Armenian women and girls widowed or orphaned as a consequence of the 1895 massacres. (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)
Ourfa, Turkey
circa 1900s
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Created on 2016-12-26 at 21:23 and last updated on 2018-08-20 at 05:32.