Including slides of the ruins of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Collection of slides from Occupied Japan

Kakura, Beppu, etc. 1946-1948. 574 slides, largely taken by an American serviceman in Occupied Japan, including images of local street scenes, harbors and docks, portraits, images of city ruins, domestic scenes, and tourist shots. About 100 slides are portraits of a single woman, about 30 are later slides from the 60s showing off a garden likely in the US. Another 50 or so are commercial slides or slides of dolls. The majority of the remainder (nearly 400) are of primary interest, and taken by a member of the occupation forces, likely the US24th, as their HQ appears in a dozen or so slides. Some of the typical tourist spots are covered, with images of Fuji, Kyoto, and Tokyo, but there are also many pictures of Kokura in the north of Kyushu, and later of Beppu, plus images at Mitsuhama, Yawata, etc. Also present are slides of the ruins of Nagasaki, and Hiroshima, the Imperial Hotel, festivals, children, gardens, theaters, storefronts, military signage, GHQ, captured ships and so on. Most slides in color, a set of about a dozen in grayscale, and with few exceptions all well exposed and easy to view. About one in ten slides are captioned in manuscript, with dates ranging between 1946 and 1948. A few include names of their subjects, but the photographer is never identified. Item #67918

Price: $750.00