Photos and Postcards

t-jpc146JPC 146t-jpc146aJPC 146Well captioned for the most part, this World War 2 photo album is from a soldier and shows his personal life. In fine condition but the back board is separating. 133 photos in all. M

Price: $420.00

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An original collection of 21 photographs relating to the New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church of Yokohama, Japan. The church was established in 1954 by Eugene Reagan, a missionary affiliated with the American Baptist Association (Landmark Baptists). No captions except for one photo. M

Price: $350.00

t-jpc121JPC 121 Vintage World War 2 Japanese accordion-style postcard alum with 79 postcards: military, nobility, temples. M

Price: $350.00

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Original album of 64 photos belonging to a Japanese soldier. Shows military as well as personal life, flooded town. Almost all photos contain captions. No photos missing. M

Price: $290.00

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Original Pre WwII Japanese military photo album. 88 Pictures mostly navy cadets in training and Portraits/ Group photos. On board the Harbin Maru. Many photos taken at the studio H. Ishizawa. No captions and no missing photos. Three pages seperated but present. M

Price: $290.00

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Three Japanese student diaries dating between 1937 and 1940 for a military academy preparatory school as well as the military academy. They belonged to former IJA Lieutenant Masakazu Shimizu. Diary 1: November 24, 1937 – May 2, 1938. Diary 2: May 3 – August 18, 1938. Diary 3: May 14 – September 3, 1940. Lieutenant Shimizu was a commander of an aviation reconnaissance battalion in Burma and retired a colonel in the Japanese Self Defense Force in 1974. M

Price: $200.00

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16 vintage postcards of Rikishi sumo wrestling. One postcard damaged. M

Price: $300.00

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Original photo of Nora Ingham in Japanese dress. Photographed in Magdeburg Germany in 1908. Size 13.5x7.5cm. M

Price: $40.00

t-pto323PTO323t-pto323aPTO323Photo album belonging to Corporal Jim Redonda, who served with Company C the 8235th Signal Service Battalion based in Camp Drake, near Osaka, in 1953. The album begins in his base in Washington State, his voyage to Japan aboard the General Sherman, life at Camp Drake, with local people, troops embarking for Pusan, Japanese army base, parade of Japanese soldiers during Japanese armed forces day October 1 1955, Captain Jun Kishima with the 1st Infantry Division at Camp Nerima, school children visiting the Imperial Palace.

A nice album as it reflects the strong bond of friendship between Jim Redonda and Junji Kishima. The album goes on into the 1960’s and is focused on the Redondas Japanese friends whom they continued to remain close with. The album is well captioned and dated and there are more than 150 photos. M

Price: $110.00

Note: The camp was originally built for the Japanese army. It was the home of the 1st Cavalry Division and was abandoned in the 1970’s and is overgrown by the surrounding jungle. To see what Camp Drake looks like today click here: http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2010/08/relics-of-camp-drake-in-saitama-japan/#sthash.kTeEQN87.dpbs

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Yearbook with photo images from the Miyagi-ken High School. There are 26 pages of photos, 5 pages of messages from students and 6 pages of addresses. Each photo has an imprinted caption. A nice research piece as all photos captioned and there are personal messages from students. I can’t read the dates but appears to be World War 2 period. Complete and in good condition. M

Price: $400.00

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