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Shinchō Nankinjin no zu
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Fukushō Kihadashisu Anan no zu
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This photograph shows Lee Hung Lin seating next to a man-made pond. Lee Hung Lin is the mother of Y. C. Hong.
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Kawaraban : Yokohama yūjomachi
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Compliments of Mason, Ehrman & Co. Tea importers : Portland, Oregon. Showing the process of preparing their famous Golden Crown brand, of Japan tea
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An accordion foldout print on Japanese paper advertising Mason, Ehrman & Co.'s Golden Crown Tea. The print is enclosed within two chrysanthemum-patterned cloth covered boards and inscribed "To Zaidee by a traveling man from Mason, Ehrman and Co. in Portland, Oregon," with the name "Gussie" inscribed on another panel. The item includes twelve color woodblock prints done by an unknown printer; eleven of the prints depict the process of preparing and shipping tea in Japan with captions below each scene. The twelfth print includes text by the company advertising the product, along with an image of a crown trademark. Scenery includes Japanese landscape, architecture, ships, and people in traditional dress. From left-to-right captions read: picking tea; carrying tea from the garden to be fired; first process native firing; second process native firing; native sifting; hand picking; pan firing at Yokohama; basket firing at Yokohama; packing & sifting and Yokohama; tea firing premises Yokohama; shipping tea by Empress of India.
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The brideshead generation : Evelyn Waugh and his friends
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Examines the role of the writer in society and literary influences, questioning attitudes toward religion, politics, and sexuality, and comes to some disturbing conclusions about Waugh, the artist and Waugh the man.
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Papyrus of Taatemperamun
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Eighteen-sheet papyrus containing the text of the Adoration of Osiris and spells from the Book of the Dead. Written for the woman Taatemperamun, who also had the title "head of household" and "singer of Amun-Re, king of the gods". Originated in Thebes during the Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, (approximately 990-976 B.C.)
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