View of Ginza Main Street in Tokyo, looking north towards 3-chōme and 4-chōme, circa 1910, from atop the Hattori Clock Tower. Note the Kyōya Clock Co. Ginza clock tower and the Iwaya Shōkai tobacco store on the right
Item is a photograph showing people dressed up as warriors for a parade celebrating the proclamation of the Meiji Constitution in 1889 in front of building in Tokyo. A label on the glass slide reads, "The Japanese Army of 100 Years Ago”, but this is not the accurate description of the scene.
Item is a photograph showing a stone building in a snowy scene. Image was featured in the publication Jinzan Chisuichō (仁山智水帖), published by Mitsumura Shashinbu (光村写真部), 1902.
Item is a copy of Plate VI in the book "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton, showing the Nagoya Spinning Mill in Japan, after 1891 earthquake.
Item is a photograph showing earthquake destruction in the Neo Valley. A jutting roof appears in the foreground. Photographed by Mr. K. Kimbei of Yokohama
This image is featured in "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton with 29 Plates by K. Ogawa, 1st Edition (ca 1892). It is plate IX from the book.
Item is a photograph showing people on the taiko-bashi (drum bridge) over the Shinji-ike pond and wisteria in full bloom at Kameido Tenjin shrine in Tokyo. This is one of the many photographs from this period, which were patterned after ukiyo-e woodblock prints. This photograph follows a 1865 print, Inside Kameido Tenshin Shrine by Hiroshige Ando and others.
: Item is a photograph of rows of the thousand armed Kannon or Bodhisattva figures at the Sanjūsangen-dō, a Buddhist temple officially known as Rengeō-in (Hall of the Lotus King) in Kyoto, Japan. This temple was a popular subject, and several photographers of the time took similar photos.
Item is a photograph of a street scene with Kusakabe Kimbei’s studio on No. 7 Honchō-dōri in Yohohama, Japan, which he opened in 1880. The original title provided by Davidson was “Street scene with photo studio sign”.
Item is a photograph of several boys wearing traditional clothing flying kites. A western-style building appears in the background. Reads, "BOYS PLAYING KITES."