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Daibutsu or Great Buddha at Kamakura (Item)
Daibutsu or Great Buddha at Kamakura
Photograph of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) statue at the Kōtoku-in temple in Kamakura, Japan, circa 1945-1952. Typed caption in margin: "Daibutsu or Great Buddha at Kamakura." Typed caption on verso: "The world-famed Buddha, known as Dai-Butsu, is located at Kamakura, near Yokohama. The silently eloquent bronze Dia-Butsu, the most impressive of its kind in the world, has an expression and pose…
[Concrete hangars] (Item)
[Concrete hangars]
Photograph of concrete hangars at Komaki Air Base, Japan, January 30, 1947. The inscription notes that the hangars, originally used by the Japanese military during World War II to store Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero" aircraft, were used by the 158th Liaison Squadron of the United States Army Air Forces to store their Stinson L-5 Sentinels.Typed on verso: "A few of the hangars we use for the L-5s.…
[Concrete hangars] (Item)
[Concrete hangars]
Photograph of concrete hangars at Komaki Air Base, Japan, March 1947. The inscription notes that the hangars, originally used by the Japanese military during World War II to store Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero" aircraft, were used by the 158th Liaison Squadron of the United States Army Air Forces to store their Stinson L-5 Sentinels.Inscription on verso: "Concrete hangars used by 158th Liaison…
Yomei-mon Gate of the Toshogu Shrine, Nikko (Item)
Yomei-mon Gate of the Toshogu Shrine, Nikko
Photograph of the Yōmeimon gate at Nikkō Tōshō-gū in Nikkō, Japan, circa 1945-1952. Typed caption in margin: "Yomei-mon Gate of the Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, the most resplendent gate in the Orient." Typed caption on verso: "Nikko, Japan, is one of the great show places of Japan. In Nikko is a group of shrines and temples like no others in the world. Elaborate in architecture and adorned with…
[Shack] (Item)
[Shack]
Photograph of a shack in Japan, circa 1945-1952.
[Village in Japan] (Item)
[Village in Japan]
Photograph of an unidentified village in a rural area of Japan, circa 1945-1952.Typed caption on verso: "This shot taken by one of the boys out in the hills."
[Mountains] (Item)
[Mountains]
Photograph of mountains in Japan, April 1947.Inscription: "Some more rugged mts over our course from Nagoya to Tokyo. Nagoya, Japan. April 47."
[Aerial view of harbor] (Item)
[Aerial view of harbor]
Oblique aerial photograph of an unidentified harbor, likely in Japan, circa 1945-1952.
[Aerial view of coastline] (Item)
[Aerial view of coastline]
Photograph of cliffs along an unidentified coastline, likely in Japan, circa 1945-1952.
[Mount Fuji] (Item)
[Mount Fuji]
Photograph of Mount Fuji (Japan) taken from a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft, April 1947. Part of the plane's wing is visible.Inscription on verso: "Mt. Fujiyama taken in front of left wing on my L-5. Nagoya, Japan. April 1947."