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Kawaraban : Yokohama yūjomachi
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Black and white kawaraban or news-sheet announcing the opening of a new pleasure quarter, Gankiro, exclusively for foreigners in Yokohama. Illustration shows ships from United States, Netherlands, Russia, England, France and Japan and displays a price list at the right upper corner.
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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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Fukushō Kihadashisu Anan no zu
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Black and white kawaraban, dating from probably the 1850s, depicts a figure who resembles other portraits of members of Perry's mission to Japan. The term used to describe his position is the Japanese equivalent of "Imperial Commissioner" - an expression originally used to designate emissaries from the Chinese imperial court, but also applied to senior members of the Perry mission. The name "Kihadansu Anan" does not correspond to the name of any members of the mission, but may be an misreading of the name of Commander Henry A. Adams or Lieutenant Joseph H. Adams. The text tells us that in response to his king's order he landed in Yokohama with an application to trade.
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Map of the Most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina Drawn by Joseph Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1775
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No old shelf mark. Later reproduction of this famous map. Beneath vignette: "To the Right Honourable George Dunk Earl of Halifax First Lord Commissioner, and to the Rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. This Map is most humbly Inscribed to their Lordships, By their Lordship's Most Obedient and most devoted humble Servt. Thos. Jefferys." The only published mention of the Litho-Photographic Institute in London is in The journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume 38, May 11, 1868, page 190. The publication date is based on this. Vignette: Traders at dock side. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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2 copies of poll, one stapled, approx. 20 pp., top sheet is headed, "Methodology," and opens with, "This Los Angeles Times Poll is the 99th in a series of opinion studies designed to measure public attitudes on a number of critical issues. This particular survey focuses on foreign trade and, in particular, trade between Japan and the United States."
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State of California : Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources under the Supervision of G. P. Strum, Principal Draughtsman G.L.O
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A map in two sheets. Private Land Grants shown and listed. Limits of railroad land grants shown as red lines. At head of title: "Department of the Interior General Land Office Wm. A. J. Sparks, Commissioner." Private land grants listed. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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