8998 items
8998 items
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T. Seabald and William Draper headed to dinner held in Draper's honor (ddr-densho-299-169)
Caption: "Mr. T. Seabald, head of diplomatic section escorts Undersecretary of the Army William / Draper to Officer's Club for dinner given in his honor."
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Tojo and two other men being tried for war crimes wait (ddr-densho-299-156)
Caption: "Tojo studies the charges he will have to face while while [sic] two other defendants play a / game of cards to while away the time."
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Bell in Nara Park (ddr-densho-299-218)
Caption: 'Daibutsu Bell in Nara Park. Note the size of the bell by comparing to the children."
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Cardinal Spellman and General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-201)
Caption: "Cardinal Spellman, one of the few to be personally met by General MacArthur."
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Young Japanese girl dressed in a kimono (ddr-densho-299-181)
Caption: "Young girl in her festival clothes holding a badminton paddle."
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Showing of Tannhauser to promote culture and the arts (ddr-densho-299-202)
Caption: "To encourage the arts and in an attempt to expose the GIs to 'culture,' Wagner's opera Tannhauser / was presented."
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A traditional imperial ceremony (ddr-densho-299-197)
Caption: ";Unchanged [sic] for centuries, an imperial ceremony is held within the palace grounds."
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Letter from Robert Ikari to Ted Akimoto (ddr-densho-299-80)
Typed copy of the letter with object ID ddr-densho-299-79.
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Performance of The Mikado (ddr-densho-299-206)
Caption: "The Mikado played in Japan for the first time. The operetta would have been considered sacrilegious before / the occupation."
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Japanese recruits stand at attention (ddr-densho-299-105)
Caption: "Note how young the recruits are."
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Japanese family sits down to a small dinner due to limited supply (ddr-densho-299-196)
Caption: "Food was scarce. A family sits to eat their evening meal, part of which was obtained in the / black market. The meal consists of: a bowl of rice, pickled radishes, two slices of bread (courtesy SCAP), and six ounces of fish."
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Japanese men make fuel from charcoal (ddr-densho-299-116)
Caption: "With no gasoline available they devised a method of using charcoal to generate a gas sufficient to / power an engine. They would place the charcoal into large containers on the truck."
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Japanese political demonstrations (ddr-densho-299-138)
Caption: "For the first time the populace was allowed to hold demonstrations. Notice that traffic in Japan is on the left side. All the vehicles are GI vehicles. The sedans are staff cars."
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Removing bayonets from captured weapons (ddr-densho-299-101)
Caption: "Bayonets are removed from the rifles."
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The Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-214)
Caption: "Daibutsuden. Home of the huge bronze buddah. Largest wooden structure in the / world. Some idea of the size can be made by looking at the people in the doorway."
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Japanese refugees row a boat through flooded streets (ddr-densho-299-112)
Caption: "Earthquakes and floods come so regularly that people don't seem to get too excited."
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Japanese farmers with "Honey Buckets" full of fertilizer (ddr-densho-299-182)
Caption: "'Honey Buckets' full of human excrement collected to be used for fertilizer."
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The Dai Ichi building (ddr-densho-299-135)
Caption: "The Dai Ichi building, one of the few buildings which withstood the firebombing / becomes headquarters of SCAP General Douglas MacArthur."
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Detention block in Sugamo prison (ddr-densho-299-155)
Caption: "Sugamo prison where all the class 'A' war criminals were held."
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Portrait of a girl (ddr-densho-298-29)
Caption in album: "Helen, now attending John Adams High entering senior year this fall. Taken in Topaz (Nov. 22, 1944)."
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A group of friends (ddr-densho-298-74)
Caption in album: "July 4, '45. Mary Kuwahara; me; Alma Bando; Mary Nishioka; Uno."
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A nurse in front of the hospital at Gila River (ddr-densho-315-19)
Nurse Lilla Brimhall standing in front of the hospital at Gila River concentration camp.
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A woman with two toddlers (ddr-densho-315-24)
Jesse "Duke" Brimhall in a wagon and his brother Bruce Brimhall on a child's bike.