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The ballet Scheherazade being put on (ddr-densho-299-204)
Caption: "Ballet 'Sheherazade' [sic] was more popular (fewer left at intermission) but wasn't popular with / the GIs."
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Ainu chieftain transports a gift from his people to General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-187)
Caption: "An Ainu chieftain braves the horrible transportation system of 1947 to bring a gift from his / people to the victorious 'American Emperor' General MacArthur."
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American GIs help guard the Imperial Palace grounds (ddr-densho-299-140)
Caption: "To prevent the curious and those with dreams of loot from entering the palace / grounds, our troops bolster the forces of the tiny policemen of Japan."
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A woman cultivating crops in a bombed out area (ddr-densho-299-23)
Caption in reverse: "FEC-49-1946. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Utilization of every available space / for production of food crops, even / among the rubble of bombed ruins / and foundations. Woman with baby / on her back cultivating winter wheat / Tokyo metropolitan area. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Telephone operators before starting work (ddr-densho-299-193)
Caption: "Telephone operators bowing respectfully to their supervisor before beginning work."
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Overhead view of Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-44)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5331. 28 July 48 / Fukui, one month after earthquake: / One month after the disaster which / came to the southern Japanese / coastal towns, when the earthquake / of 28 June 1948, struck mercilessly / and without warning late in the / afternoon, Fukui already shows / promise of an early …
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Farming fields in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-49)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1870. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Use of land on flood plain of the / Tamagawa River, Tokyo for growing / wheat and cabbage. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army"
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Japanese farmer planting rice (ddr-densho-299-176)
Caption: "Rice plants are planted individually by hand in the muddy soil."
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Dyed and washed fabric drying (ddr-densho-299-21)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1861. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Extensive use of wood - Japanese drying rack used for drying dyed / and washed materials. Standard length / of Japanese kimono material drying / is 6 yards and approximately 1 foot / wide. Tokyo. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Farmers weeding potato fields (ddr-densho-299-10)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-6063. 17 July 48 / Crop collection report: / In Japan, as is shown in this picture / taken in the Urawa area, Saitama / Prefecture, farmers weed their / potatoes by hand. / Photographer - Calmus / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."
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A house and stone garden (ddr-densho-299-19)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1438. 1 March 49 / NRS Project: / Frame dwelling and a collection of / stones used for gardens in Tokyo, Japan. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Courtroom of the Tokyo war crimes trials (ddr-densho-299-159)
Caption: "The courtroom is jammed. 'Admittance by ticket only' for this is history in the making."
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Japanese camp commanding officer (ddr-densho-299-103)
Caption: "Commanding Officer of military camp on the outskirts of Tokyo."
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Praying over earthquake victims (ddr-densho-299-39)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5607. 30 June 48 / Charred remains excavated from / earthquake ruins: / Japanese pray over the charred / remains of Japanese earthquake victims / in Fukui, Japanese sea town hardest / hit by the earthquake of 28 June 1948, / which stuck without warning in the / late afternoon, leaving a trail …
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Monkey statues in Nikko (ddr-densho-299-212)
Caption: "The original 'hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil' monkeys in Nikko."
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Post-war Yokohama Harbor (ddr-densho-299-125)
Caption: "Yokohama Harbor in 1946. No large ships. Don't know where or if they had any left."
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A farmer in his rice paddy (ddr-densho-299-15)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77287. 14 July 47 / Japanese rice farming: / A Japanese farmer works in his / large rice paddy located near / Mount Fuji, Japan. Rice is first / planted in special beds of well / fertilized soil, and when it / reaches a certain size it is pulled / up and taken …
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Japanese surrender in Korea (ddr-densho-299-99)
Caption: "In the DukSoo palace in Korea, the Japanese Generals in command of the forces on / the mainland surrender in formal ceremonies."
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Contruction of the Tokyo Railway Station (ddr-densho-299-198)
Caption: "Tokyo railway station under reconstruction. 1947."
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Japanese glassblower making a cocktail glass (ddr-densho-299-66)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2860. 23 April 49 / Manufacturing glassware in Japan: / A youthful employee at the Hoya Glass / Factory, Tokyo, Japan, uses a blowing / tube during the first stage of making / a cocktail glass. / Photographer - Girard / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Officers of the 1st Cavalry Division (ddr-densho-299-149)
Caption: "The First Cavalry with their mania of 'firsts' have the first review of Tokyo."
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Troops returning from Manchuria (ddr-densho-299-106)
Caption: "Soldiers returning from Manchuria. The effect from our fire bombing is evident. With very few / trains running, most of them had to walk."