Probing the Photographic Record

Special to Groong by Abraham D. Krikorian and Eugene L. Taylor, Long Island, NY Foreword Much has been written about cartoons as being editorials at a glance, or cartoons as historical sources, cartoons as teachers and preachers, cartoons for both cruelty and humor, cartoons for getting at the truth, cartoons as part of the image-makers arsenal, cartoons as picture politics, cartoons for teaching of popular history and so forth. Charles William Morris (1874-1940), whose works appeared in The Spokesman Review, New York Tribune, New York Mail, HarperÕs Weekly, George Matthew Adams Syndicate etc....

ÒPAPIER DÕARMƒNIEÓ — Who Today with Armenian Roots or Connections Knows Anything about ÒPapier dÕArmŽnie?Ó A request for information if anyone has ever heard of it, or better yet used it. Commentary on a Cartoon Featuring Various European Powers at an Elegant Parisian House of Fashion Anticipating the Opening of the Peace Conference at The Hague on 18 May 1899. Sultan Abdul Hamid II is approached by a seller of the deodorant ÒPapier dÕArmŽnie....

­­­­­­Armenian News Network / Groong An Orphan of the Armenian Genocide: A ValentineÕs Day Armenian Poster Child Special to Groong by Abraham D. Krikorian and Eugene L. Taylor, Long Island, NY The following quotes from ÒThe Helping Hand SeriesÓ give a feeling for the urgent need to secure aid for the Armenians. ÒOnce again the voice of the prophet rings in our ears, ÒComfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God....

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION FOR ARMENIAN ORPHANS IN Mezreh (KHARPERT) JANUARY 8TH, 1920: FROM LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS1 (Superscripts refer to Endnotes which will be found at the end of our text. Two Appendices, one on dates for Christmas and another on Kharpert follow the Endnotes.)**** Special to Groong by Abraham D. Krikorian and Eugene L. Taylor Long Island, NY Kristos dznav yev haydnetzav Orhnyal e haydnutyunn Krisdosi Dzezi, mezi medz avedis ՔրիստոսծնաւեւյայտնեցաւՕրհնեալէյայտնութիւննՔրիստոսիՁեզի***,մեզիմեծ*աւետիսChrist is Born and Revealed Amongst Us!...

Finding a Photograph for a Caption: - - - Dr. Ruth A. Parmelee’s Comments on some Euphrates (Yeprad) College Professors and their Fate during the Armenian Genocide[ 1 ] Click here to print the Manuscript Ohr mi bedk’gulli* [One day it will be needed] Said by many Armenian villager immigrants to America to justify their frequent hesitation to discard items that might be deemed disposable by many. * Gineh ihrar gudder’ehn *[They have found each other again] [ 2 ] Abstract...

Abstract The well-known photograph of Armenian men from Kharpert city being led off under armed guard is slowly yielding a fuller version of the horrible story that it inevitably can reveal. We have provided in a recently published multi-authored volume evidence that conclusively fixes the picture as to exact location in Mezreh, Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz, the exact building structure from which the photograph was taken — namely the American Consulate, and the narrow timeframe of the photography....

Notes and Queries Relevant to “A Brief Assessment of the Ravished Armenia Marquee Poster” by Amber Karlins; published as a Research Note in the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies 19:1 (2010), pgs. 137-145: Filling in Some Gaps and a Call for Information Special to Groong by Eugene L. Taylor andAbraham D. Krikorian LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK Abstract Information on an advertisement for the screening of the film “Ravished Armenia” published as a full page black and white pictorial in The Saturday Evening Post January 18, 1919 confirms that the artist Dan Smith created the dramatic imagery of a brutish man brandishing a sword, gripping a struggling girl, and that he used as a model a work by the French sculptor and artist Emmanuel Fremiet of a gorilla carrying off a female....

Widowed through Violence, Dirt Poor, Desperate, Burdened with Heart-Wrenching Decisions Concerning Her Three Children: the appalling woes of an Armenian woman from Geghi [Գեղի] (Erzerum Vilayet) after the Hamidian Massacres: A publicity photograph of 1899 Special to Groong by Abraham D. Krikorian andEugene L. Taylor LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK Abstract A photograph of a desperately poor Armenian woman and her three children, in pitiful, forlorn circumstances exists in the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog....

THE SAGA SURROUNDING A FORGED PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE ERA OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DEMONIZING AND VILIFYING A “CRUEL TURKISH OFFICIAL”: A PART OF “THE REST OF THE STORY” [ 1 ] Special to Groong by Abraham D. Krikorian andEugene L. Taylor LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK Click here to print the Manuscript ** ABSTRACT** *A book authored by Donald Bloxham entitled *The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism and the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians was published in 2005 as a hardback, and as a paperback in 2007 by Oxford University Press (OUP)....

Special to Groong by Abraham D. Krikorian andEugene L. Taylor, Long Island, NY LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK A recent release by Gomidas Institute, London sent to Groong Saturday 14 November 2009 entitled ‘Adana Massacres, 1909 Focus of Istanbul Workshop’ captured our attention; especially since the first paper presented was reported by Roland Mnatsakanyan as ‘an unusual one … a discussion of Turks who saved Armenians in 1909. The fact that Armenian[s] were massacred was a given, and the speaker presented a sensitive examination of righteous Turkish officials who saved potential victims....