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Japan Silk Exhibition postcard series, Kobe, 1925.
“Shooting the Hozu rapids” on the Hozu River, Kyoto, c. 1920.
Gifu Prefectural Museum of Natural Resources, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, 1908. (Colorized)
“Opening of the telephone office” commemorative postcard, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, 1907.
Uji-gawa Electric Power Co., Shizugawa Generating Station, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, c. 1920.
Kobe Port Opening Exhibition and Naval Review, Kobe, 1930.
J.G.R./J.N.R. Steam Locomotive Evolution, 1872-1948.
Nippon Tabi Co. Ltd., Kurume, Fukuoka, c. 1930.
Aerial cable car, Taisho Exhibition, Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1914.
Tokyo Exposition for Domestic Industry Promotion in Commemoration of the Great Coronation, Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1928.
“View of the Machida shaft, Iwaki Colliery Co.”, Fukushima Prefecture, c. 1910.
Kirin Brewery, Yokohama, c. 1930.
Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (Aviation Department), Hyogo, Kobe, c. 1925.
Hatsudoki Seizo Co. “Daihatsu SB-7” motortrike, ca. 1938.
Evening illuminations, Peace Commemorative Exposition, Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1922.
The Japan Society for the Preservation of Historic Sites, Tokyo, 1911.
Nippon Pencil Manufacturing Co., Tokyo, c. 1930.
“Mitsui Salicylic Acid”, Miike Dye Works, Mitsui Mining Co., Omuta, Kyushu, c. 1928.
Kosaka Copper Mine, Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, c. 1920.
“The Miyagi, An Agricultural College”, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, c. 1910.
Kusushigatake Observatory meteorological station, Mt. Fuji, 1937.
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, Marunouchi, Tokyo, c. 1910.
“Great Exhibition of Japan’s Rapid Progress” advertising postcard, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, 1936.

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