Armenian women of Alexandropol in traditional costume, 1910

Armenian women from Alexandropol (Gyumri) in traditional costume, 1910.

The group portrait shows 12 women and girls. Many of them wear decorated headdresses with long white veils, dark dresses and long strings of ornaments hanging from the neck, which they hold in their hands. Some wear plain dark dresses, and two girls sit on the floor in front.