'Abdu'l-Baha in Chicago, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago


Viewing the animals at Lincoln Park Zoo

Descending stairway to a wooded dell, Lincoln Park


At Lincoln Park
With some Baha'i friends at Lincoln Park

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre August 16-23, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre



'Abdu'l-Baha speaking to Sarah Farmer's secretary? through His interpreter



'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre

At Parson's Home; In Cleveland, Ohio; and at a Youth Camp

'Abdu'l-Baha at the Parson's home, August 15, 1912
Left to right: Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani, Edward Getsinger, Mirza Ali-Akbar Nakhjavani (?),
Dr Amin Farid, Ahmad Sohrab, Ali Kuli Khan, 'Abdu'l-Baha, Mirza Valiyu'llah-i-Varqa,
and Siyyid Asadu'llah


'Abdu'l-Baha in Cleveland, Ohio May 5, 1912
Edward and Lua Getsinger are at the center rear


'Abdu'l-Baha at a youth camp, August 1, 1912
Ahmad Sohrab, standing left, and Valiyu'llah-i-Varqa, right are in fezes

May 1912: In Chicago and at Temple Site

'Abdu'l-Baha speaking at Plymouth Congregational Church, Chicago, May 5, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha addresses the Baha'is gathered at the Temple site, Wilmette, May 1, 1912


'Abdu'l-Baha at dedication of Temple site in Wilmette, Illinois, 1912


Addressing friends at ceremonies on occasion of laying the foundation stone of
the Mother Temple of the West, May 1, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha addressing the friends
Breaking the ground at the Temple site, each race and nation taking a turn

A souvenir of some soil from the excavation at the Temple site

A souvenir of some soil from the excavation at the Temple site