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[Atami Hotel Postcard]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mrs. E.A. Wakeham from her daughter. The image on the postcard is of the Atami Hotel and "Atami Hotel, Atami Hot Springs" is printed on the front along with some Japanese characters. The correspondence on the back reads "Dearest Mother - We spent a wonderful three days at this hotel. We were able to get European style rooms for two nights. One night we stayed was in Japanese style - was [...] experience - sleeping on the floor and wearing no shoes in the room. Beautiful [s… more
Date: July 13, 1952
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Car Flipped Over]

Description: Photograph of a car that is flipped over in the street and burning. There are several people looking on, including one man in the foreground crouching, and one man holding a baton.
Date: 195X
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Japanese Handbook]

Description: Small handbook in Japanese, suggested by a translator to be a collection of the Imperial Rescript on Education and the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors. It may also be a Rescript supplement. The book reads from right to left and has handwriting on the back page.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Lined-Up Rickshaws]

Description: Photograph of rickshaws lined up in the street outside a building with an open patio. The accompanying information states this is likely in Japan, but could possibly be in Taiwan or China.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Police Clashing With Protesters]

Description: Photograph of protesters clashing with police in Japan. The protesters are carrying signs and flags written in Japanese. The accompanying information states that this resembles images from the 1952 Bloody May Day protests in Tokyo, Japan.
Date: 195X
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Woman in a Rickshaw]

Description: Photograph of a woman sitting in a rickshaw with a man standing next to it, likely in or near Tokyo, Japan. They are in a city street and there are stores with Japanese-language signs across the street.
Date: 195X
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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