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Description: Image of Lieutenant Silas Bent leading a boat of United States sailors through a group of Japanese boats in Tokyo Bay, Japan, during the United States Naval Expedition to Japan (the Perry Expedition) in 1853; Japanese men with spears in boats watch the American troops as they enter the harbor; U.S. naval ship and Japanese coastline visible in the distance.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1855
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001460
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

First landing of Americans in Japan, under Commodore M. C. Perry at Gore-Hama July 14th 1853

Visual Materials

Image of the landing of American naval troops in Japan in 1853 during the United States Naval Expedition to Japan (the Perry Expedition); Japanese men with spears stand in formation spread over the coastline to greet American soldiers as they disembark from boats onto the beach; more Japanese men in the foreground in boats and on shore, some holding the bridles of horses; hills of Japan in the background.

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Manuscripts

Approx. 60 items - letters, memos, clippings and a booklet. Notable names and items include: maps of Tokyo and Kyoto ; other tourist info. ; "thank you" letters to various Japanese journalists and business people who hosted him during his visit to Japan ; "Program for the Fourth Japan-EC-U.S. Editors Symposium," 10/1982 ; communications with Mike Mansfield, Ambassador to Japan ; 2-pp. letter from Day to Sam Jameson, LAT Tokyo Bureau, asking for advice on what to see in do in a short visit to "get a better understanding of Japan" (7/28/1982) ; George Chaplin (Editor-in-Chief, Honolulu Advertiser) ; correspondence with various editors in Japan ; Lee Stinnett (ASNE) ; correspondence with US editors related to the Symposium ; 24-pp. booklet, The United States and Japan - a Wingspread Conference of editors ...convened by...the International Press Institute (1976) ; more. Split into two folders.

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Manuscripts

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Photograph album of United States naval activities in Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, and United States

Visual Materials

This photo album was compiled by a member of the United States Navy who was aboard the USS Wisconsin between 1902 and 1904. The 48 black-and-white photographs are accompanied by extensive handwritten descriptions. The photos depict American, British, and Japanese military ships. The U.S. Naval ships include the USS Adams, the USS Kentucky, the USS Oregon, and the USS Wisconsin. The locations represented in the photographs include San Diego, California; Yokosuka, Japan; Yokohama, Japan; Hong Kong; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Manila, Philippines. The photographs depict views of military boats and crew, shipping docks, a few views of churches and street scenes, and the Queen's Palace in Honolulu.

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Siege Battery, West Point - looking north

Visual Materials

Image of a landscape view of the Hudson River looking north from the Siege Battery at the United States Military Academy on West Point in Orange County, New York, including views of the "Cro' Nest," "Polipels Island," "Breakneck," and "Constitution Island" as captioned; boats visible on the river; soldiers with cannons in foreground.

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The attack on the barrier forts near Canton, China, by the American Squadron, Commodore James Armstrong, Nov 21st 1856

Visual Materials

Image of the attack on the barrier fort near Canton (now Guangzhou), China, by the United States ships San Jacinto, Portsmouth, and Levant during the Second Opium War; two ships visible at center with soldiers in smaller boats heading to shore; Canton coastline with small buildings and scattered Chinese people visible in background.

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