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695 items
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Gateway to Shinagawa Shrine (ddr-densho-299-219)
Caption: "Torii or gateway to Shinagawa Shrine. Completed 1636 after 12 years of labor by 15,000 men"
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Tokyo ruins (ddr-densho-299-131)
Caption: "Tokyo 1946 after a series of fire bombings. Concrete buildings were left intact so finding / quarters for occupation troops wasn't difficult."
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VIPs in staff cars stand for review (ddr-densho-299-170)
Caption: "Staff cars carrying VIPs to reviewing stand for review. Dai Ichi bldg in right background."
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Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-98)
Caption: "Russia is represented by General Derevyanko."
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Aerial view of the Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-213)
Caption: "Daibutsuden from an artillery spotter plane, a piper cub."
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Japanese man instructs maid on chores (ddr-densho-299-47)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-3063. 23 April 1948 / Living standards in Japan: / This photograph of Japanese home life / is to be used in a S & S feature story / on the living standards throughout Japan. / Mr. Miyata, who lives with his son, a / Japanese harp maker, in Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, / Japan, …
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The Japanese Imperial Family (ddr-densho-299-171)
Caption: "Gathering of the Imperial family members for a meeting to determine their roles and status / under the new democratic government."
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Farmers planting rice (ddr-densho-299-9)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77282. 14 July 47 / Rice planting in Japan: / Japanese farmers force shoots / of rice into sodden earth of / a paddy located near Mount Fuji, / Japan. This extra-large rice / paddy is part of a ceaseless / battle against starvation in Japan. / Photographer - Kaye / Photograph by …
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View of Adachi-ku (ddr-densho-299-30)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1950. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / View of village in Adachi-ku showing / extensive use of wood in construction / - domestic houses, shops, hotels and / religious structures. Close proximity / of structures a great fire hazard. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-96)
Caption: "Aboard the USS Missouri, the victors and the vanquished sign the historic / surrender document."
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Japanese glassworker cools down a cocktail glass with a fan (ddr-densho-299-67)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2057. 23 April 49 / Manufacturing glassware in Japan / After twisting, a Japanese worker at / the Hoya Glass Factory, Tokyo, Japan, / fans the stem of a cocktail glass to / cool it to prevent it from losing its / shape. / Photographer - Girard / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Crowd gathers to see General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-146)
Caption: "Holiday crowd assembles to catch a glimpse of Gen. MacArthur the 'American Emperor.' / He was revered as such since the [sic] represented the powers which defeated Hirohito."
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Farmers eating lunch next to rice paddies (ddr-densho-299-29)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77286. 14 July 47 / Rice planting in Japan: / At a farm near Mount Fuji, Japan, / a group of Japanese farmers eat / lunch along side of the rice paddy / in which they have been working. Soon / they will be plodding through the / sodden earth again in their …
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A mother reading to her children (ddr-densho-299-25)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-1577. 6 March 48 / Stars & Stripes feature story on Signal Corps photographer: / A Japanese mother and her WWO children / sit around the charcoal burner in their / home located in Nakajuju, Kitaku, Tokyo, / Japan, as the mother reads to the / girls from a Japanese children's book. / …
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Crops grown in a bombed out area (ddr-densho-299-32)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2011. 30 March 49 / NRS construction project: / Every available plot of ground is used / for the production of food crops. A / garden being prepared in the rubble / of bombed out building. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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View of trees and a tower in Nara (ddr-densho-299-211)
Caption: "View from enlisted man's R & R hotel in Nara."
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Dormitory at Waseda University (ddr-densho-299-54)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1940. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Wooden dormitory near Waseda Uni- / versity showing extensive use of / wooden construction in semi-public / buildings. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Performance of Tabasco (ddr-densho-299-207)
Caption: "Las Vegas style 'Tabasco' fit the bill, as far as the GI's were concerned, and played to / full crowds."
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Carmen from the opera of the same name (ddr-densho-299-205)
Caption: "'Carmen.' The allied forces wanted to encourage the theatre arts which they had before the / war so the opera company continued to give performances which later became open to the / public."
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Lumber stacked (ddr-densho-299-13)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1953. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Lumber yard showing precut lengths / of pine, oak, sugi, and stacked uncut / lengths of bamboo and sugi. / Photographer - Orzio / Photograph by U.S. Army."
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Captured Japanese weapons (ddr-densho-299-100)
Caption: "As word of the surrender spreads, Japanese forces on the various Pacific [sic] isles / surrender to our troops and the mountain of captured weapons rises."
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A woman shopping at a neighborhood ration store (ddr-densho-299-18)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-3065. 23 April 1948 / Living standards in Japan: / This photograph of a Japanese woman / shopper is to be used in a S & S / feather story on the living standards throughout Japan. Mrs. K. Haru shops / for food in her neighborhood ration / store in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. …
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Allied troops land in Southern Japan (ddr-densho-299-119)
Caption: "In Southern Japan, troops who only a month previous thought they would be / storming these shores under heavy fire, land amidst the usual gripes and 'snafus.'"