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Shōwa Shichi-Hachinendo Renshū Kantai junkō kinen
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Commerative photographic album of the Japanese Imperial Navy Training Squadron tour of November 1932 to July 1933.The two warships Iwate and Yagumo began the first stage of their tour to Korea and China in November 1932. In March 1933, they set out for the second stage of their tour to the west coasts of North and Central America and islands of the Pacific. In North America the tour's ports of call included Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Portraits of the officers, crews and life on board ship are depicted as well as the many activities arranged at each stop.
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Shōwa 14-nendo Renshū Kantai junkō kinen
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This book commemorates the Japanese Naval Training Squadron's world tour between July and December 1939. The Iwate, Yagumo and Shiretoko completed an intial tour of China and Taiwan, visiting Dalian, Lushuh, Qingdao, and Shanghai, Taiwan and Amoy. The second tour, undertaken in October 1939 visited Hawaii and Micronesia. The majority of illustrations are photomechanical prints of black and white photographs. The album contains a photographic record of the ports visited including many local attractions and the crews' reception by local Japanese populations. Portraits of the crews include individual pictures of ranking officers and depictions of daily life on board and on shore. Includes a color map of the complete tour route and 3 color reproductions of paintings depicting Hawaii, Truk and warships at sea with a tropical background.
653619
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Taishō Jūsan, Jūyonen Renshū Kantai junkō kinen
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Commerative photographic album of the Japanese Naval Training Squadron's world tour between November 1924 and April 1925. Photographs include portraits of the officers and crew, and photographs of the numerous ports of call, including receptions with local authorities and Japanese communities. Highlights include calls at San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C. and Honolulu, Hawaii. Captions and text in Japanese. A folded color map is included in a pocket at the end. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on cover, gitl edges, corded tassle ties. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape on inside.
653958
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Renshū kantai en'yō kōkai shashinchō
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This book documents the Imperial Navy's world tour that took place between January and August 1907. The tradition of the annual training cruise for newly graduated naval officers started in 1903. Three Japanese war ships, the Iwajima, the Matsushima and the Hashidate, visited Honolulu, Hilo, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and many other locations. The majority of illustrations are photomechanical prints of black and white photographs.The album devoted more pages and images to the Hawaiian visit and shows many local Japanese residents welcoming the squadron's arrival. The album also includes an attached foldout map outlining the squadron's sea route in the Pacific. Includes portraits of the crew.
653374
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Renshū Kantai Hokubei junkōki
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Collection of essays written by medical officers on baord the Iwate during the 1929 Japanese Imperial Navy Training Squadron cruise. The essays were initially published in a montly magazine over 18 months and focus on the medical officers impressions of each port and city visited. The main focus was on health, medical and sanitation issues and detailed accounts of hospitals, medical services, drinking water, sewage systems, infectious disease, and brothels were reported. Special attention was paid to the Japanese communities in the United States, Cuba, Panama and Mexico. The text is accompanied by scattered reproductions of photographs.
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Photograph album of automobile trips through the West and Mexico
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A photograph album containing 128 photographs documenting two separate excursions by automobile, one undertaken in 1937 and the other in 1939. The first trip appears to have been taken by a family group of five who may have lived in Iowa or Missouri. Their trip photographs are all captioned, and include images of their group and the car, the roads, the sights they visited, and sometimes motels or cabins. They traveled through Texas, New Mexico (including Laguna Pueblo), Arizona, and California, where they visited numerous locations. They are seen at stops in and between Los Angeles and San Francisco, including missions, Hollywood, and three snapshots taken at the Huntington Library. A typed record of the miles traveled, gas used, and cabins they stayed in is pasted to the back of the album. The 1939 trip features mostly photographs of Texas, including parks, landmarks, and visits to friends' houses. They also visited Mexico, including a bullfighting ring, and New Orleans, Louisiana. One photograph of a wooden shack in Arkansas is captioned indicating it is an African American dwelling.
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