Japan Album

Japan Album

A page from a German and English language photograph album of sights in Japan. The front of the page features two images, the top photograph with hand coloring. The back of the page features four photographs from various locations.

Erin Gavin

1697_1, 1697_2, 1697_4

German, English

Album page

1697_3

(On front of page, in English): Karl here, there and everywhere! (On back of page, translated from German, from top left): Wall and water around the Imperial Palace in in Tokyo. Torii in Kamakura; Fisherman; Priest

Color and B/W

Object is a loose page from an album. All of the photographs have some fading. The album page itself has a small tear on one edge.

The object represents a typical album travelers to Japan would buy, with both generic photographs and personal photographs included

Early 20th century

Part of a set of three pages and one loose photograph from the same album.

REJ Research Collection

Album page

(On front of page, in English): Karl here, there and everywhere!
(On back of page, in German, from top left): Mauer und Wasser um den Imperal Palast I'm Tokio (sic)
Torii im Kamakura
Fischer
Priester