The Gallery
Plates sequenced as a private exhibition hang — year, place, and precise captions. Discover material; do not skim a feed.
1967 · Tehran
Farah Pahlavi crowned at the 1967 coronation.
Shahbanu Farah in the coronation crown of pearls and emeralds, white ermine and black embroidered robe.
Mohammad Reza Shah enthroned at coronation.
Profile on the Peacock throne: crown, sceptre, and the Shahbanu crowned in the foreground.
Farah Pahlavi in the emerald tiara with Mohammad Reza Shah.
Farah Pahlavi in emeralds and diamond tiara beside Mohammad Reza Shah in full dress uniform.
The Shah crowning himself, 1967.
26 October 1967: hands lift the Pahlavi Crown.
The Shah and Farah at a formal ceremony.
Arm in arm in full court dress.
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26 October 1967: hands lift the Pahlavi Crown — the central act of the coronation ritual.
