1940s japan

Scanned from medium format negative. Part of a set of stock negatives from a Philadelphia company sold recently on eBay, the only one I got my hands on. I'm reading too much into it but it reminds me of Grave of the Fireflies because of timing. I'm sure the fountain, pool and building are identifiable. View more of my random acquisitions.

These days, when cameras are everywhere, from our phones to security cams in public spaces, it’s easy to forget that the major part of history has passed without them. Only in 1888, when Kodak released the first commercial camera, did they slowly begin permeating our lives.

This original 1940s postcard resolves the issue of why her hana-kanzashi (flower hairpin) is on the wrong side in the much later colourized version, it shows that the colour image was reversed. She is wearing an odori (dance) costume, with the black outside collar of a merchant's daughter.

After Japan surrendered in 1945, ending World War II, Allied forces led by the United States occupied the nation, bringing drastic changes. ...

female workers of a japanese army aicraft factory

Donning an obi. 1940s, Japan. Photographer: Horace Bristol

Citizens in Tokyo wait in line for food rations in September, 1945, as hunger and poverty caused tremendous suffering.

Three daughters of Japanese 'war brides' plan to capture on film the struggles endured by this shunned and largely hidden immigrant group.

Japanese ad, 1940s, originally uploaded by Gatochy. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Carregar na imagem para ver em tamanho 711 x 999.

Japan-1940’s Found in a family scrapbook via reddit