cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
Do you realise how long he had to stay still for that Photo?
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In early photographs taken anywhere it was very uncommon for people to smile. A photograph was a very serious portrait.People of no smile as a samurai never showed his teeth at official place.
On September 20, 1934, Rear Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leaves for London to participate a preparatory meeting for the coming Second London Naval Conference.
Yamamoto at the Tokyo Station
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Source: Press Rengo Photo News (Sept.1934)
Uraga, 1948On April 23, 1939, USS Astoria crews in Japan visited Shimoda for friendship where Matthew C. Perry landed in 1853.
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Salute to US sailor graves at Gyokusenji Temple.
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Shimoda Port
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Taking lunch at Kawana Hotel
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Their messages
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Source: Kurobune (black ship) Festival Commemorative Photo Book (1939)
That's so crowded!!! I prefer less "objects" and more space.I would love to have a grand hall like that in my (imaginary) home.
I was admiring the architecture of the room. I wasn't looking at the objet d'art. That stuff would get in the way when I run through the house with model airplanes while making airplane noises.That's so crowded!!! I prefer less "objects" and more space.
I don't know, leave the furnature where it is. Good practice for your aerobatic skills.I was admiring the architecture of the room. I wasn't looking at the objet d'art. That stuff would get in the way when I run through the house with model airplanes while making airplane noises.
Where do you think the bad guys positioned their flak batteries?I don't know, leave the furnature where it is. Good practice for your aerobatic skills.