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“Mitsui Salicylic Acid”, Miike Dye Works, Mitsui Mining Co., Omuta, Kyushu, c. 1928.
Kosaka Copper Mine, Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, c. 1920.
“Kyoto Tayū dochu”. Procession of tayū and kamuro through the “flower town” (hanamichi), Kyoto, c. 1920.
Fukuju Life Insurance Co. New Year’s advertising postcard, Nagoya, 1930.
Mino-o [Minoh] Park Entrance, Osaka, c. 1915. (Colorized)
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, Marunouchi, Tokyo, c. 1910.
“Buckwheat noodle (soba) house” deliveryman, c. 1920.
Nippon Flour Milling Co., Yokohama, c. 1930.
“Yuki no Hotel” (“Hotel of Snow”), Mt. Rokko (Rokkosan) Hotel, Kobe., c. 1930.
“Great Exhibition of Japan’s Rapid Progress” advertising postcard, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, 1936.
Osaka home office of the Glico Confectionery Co. advertising postcard, c. 1935.
Japan-Manchuria Great Industrial Exposition, Toyama Prefecture, 1936.
Yawata Iron and Steel Company, Yawata, Kyushu, c. 1940.
5th National Industrial Exhibition, Osaka, 1903.
“We are proud to be the Best of the Best”, Kawase Zen Shouten “O-bon” paper lantern advertising postcard, Tokyo, c. 1925.
Yuraka Building, Yurakacho, Tokyo, c. 1930.
“Great Kobe Harbour”, c. 1960.
Yamato Hotel, Dairen, Manchuria, c. 1930.
“Hard boiling seller”, oden street vendor, c. 1920.
“The interior of the Kyoto Commercial Museum”, Kyoto, c. 1920.
Polydor Portable “Electrix” Gramophone advertising postcard, c. 1930.
“Fish Street-vender in Japan”, c. 1920.
“Yamagata Palace” onsen-ryokan at Taka-yu, Minami-Murayama, Yamagata, c. 1920.

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