MILTON MILLER, H.C. WHITE CO., KEYSTONE, UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD and others

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MILTON MILLER, H.C. WHITE CO., KEYSTONE, UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD and others

Japanese views, portraits and the Russo-Japanese war, 1870s-circa 1900

108 stereocards, albumen, gelatin silver and photomechanical prints, three mounted on yellow cards, one mounted on salmon-coloured card, two numbered and one titled in the negatives, the majority on curved card mounts with photographer's printed credits, one with printed label on reverse, black faux-morocco box, titled in gilt 100 Perfec=Stereographs. H.C. White Co. N. Bennington, Vt., U.S.A.; one albumen print cabinet card with photographer's printed credit Mitchell. Winnipeg; and 106 albumen prints, each approx. 4 x 5 in., the majority hand-tinted, backed with modern paper, titled in pencil in a later hand on verso. (a lot)

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Stereocards include images of Japanese men and women reeling silk from cocoons, painting porcelain, making pottery and picnicing; views around Japan; the Russo-Japanese War in the early years of this century including funeral processions, triumphal marches, wounded soldiers, and Russian prisoners. Other prints show views around Yokohama, Tokyo, Nagasaki, Hakone Lake, Kyoto, Fujiyama and Nikko and portraits of geisha, actors, farmers, priests, musicians, basket-makers, tobacco-cutters, umbrella-makers and people harvesting rice.