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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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Survivor of Doolittle's Raid (ddr-densho-299-91)
Caption: "One of the survivors of a plane shot down over Tokyo during Gen Doolittle's / bombing of Tokyo. Early in the war when our morale was low a plan was / devised to modify some bombers so they could take off from aircraft carriers. / However, they could not land on the carriers so after …
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Prime Minister Yoshida dicussing rumors of resignation with some U.S. army troops (ddr-densho-299-188)
Two captions. Bottom side caption: "17 Jan 1947 Tokyo, Japan / Shown chatting with Prime Minister Yoshida and his secretary concerning / The resignation rumors which now prevail are: Lt. Ted Akimoto, U.S. Army / Photographer (extreme right) and T/4 Robert Shintani, Interpreter, ATIS, GHQ, / Far East Command." Right hand side caption: "I was the …
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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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Building where the Tokyo war crimes trials were held (ddr-densho-299-154)
Caption: "Site of the war crimes trials."
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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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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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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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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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Fields in the Arakawa River flood plain (ddr-densho-299-60)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1949. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Use of flood plain of the Arakawa River / for winter crops -- Tokyo. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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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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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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Letter from Nippon Architects Association to Agnes Rockrise (ddr-densho-335-63)
A condolence letter from the President of the Nippon Architects Association.
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House in Tokyo (ddr-densho-335-118)
The caption written on the back of the photograph reads "The Waoyenaka house -- built in Tokyo -- Designed by T. S. Rockrise 1916 --".
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An Apartment Hotel (ddr-densho-335-413)
A mock up of a hotel for Shoji Maueda Esq created by Rockrise & Shiota Architects.
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Pan Pacific Conference (ddr-densho-357-607)
Tansai Terakawa attends the Pan Pacific Conference in Tokyo.
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Pan Pacific Conference (ddr-densho-357-622)
Tansai Terakawa (right) and an unnamed man attend the Pan Pacific Conference.