Vintage Japan

Japanese (9th Reg. 4th Div.) ready for battle - awaiting orders 

for the advance - siege of Port Arthur, 1905

  

Peasant praying before long row of images of the God of Light. 

South bank Diya river, Nikko, Japan, ca. 1904

 

Street advertisers, Japan, 1905

 

The Ginza (looking north) the most important 

thoroughfare in Tokyo, Japan, ca. 1904

 

The principal thoroughfare of busy Tokyo, Japan, 1905

 

Watching a free show, on Theatre Street, looking north 

to Asakusa Tower, Tokyo, Japan, 1904

 

Women and children of a Japanese family in Uyeno park, 

during the Cherry-blossom festival, Tokyo, Japan, 1904

Vintage Ireland

"A raal convanience - a woife," a country farm-yard in Ireland , 1903

  

"An' phwat 'ill yer give me for me sheep"--Killarney, Ireland, 1901

 

A Jolly group in the market-place, Galway, Ireland, 1902

 

An old mother of Erin in her donkey cart going to 

her son's funeral, County Kerry, Ireland, 1905

 

Limerick boys and girls on their playground 

by famous Treaty Stone of 1691, 1903

 

Picturesque life and customs of an Irish village, 1901

 

Starting out for town, market day in Ireland, 1903

 

Vegetable market and bridge over the river 

Shannon (E.), Athlone, central Ireland, ca. 1903

Vintage China

Greatest of China's statesmen - Li Hung Chang in the 

court of his yamen, Tientsin, China, 1901

  

Natives at breakfast, movable chow shop, Canton, 1919

 

Newly married couple dining together for the first time, Canton, China, 1919

 

Rich merchants dining with the singing girls, Peking, China, 1901

 

Some of China's solemn daughters at recreation--

recess at So. Gate Presbyterian Mission School, Shanghai, 1901

Vintage Middle East

"There's no place like home!"; dwelling and 

shop of a Gypsy blacksmith, Syria, 1900

  

A Greek priest blessing the village children in Ramah, Palestine, 1900

 

Baptizing in the Jordan, 1899

 

Bedouin musicians by their tent, 1919

 

Calisthenics at Miss Arnot's Mission, Jaffa, Palestine, 1900

 

Feasting in the harem - typical costumes and furniture, Constantinople, ca. 1913

 

Ice cream merchant, Constantinople, Turkey, 1898

 

Music school, Syria, 1905

 

Source: Library of Congress Stereograph Collection

Kids

First grade at work, 1927

  

Just out of bed--Christmas morning, 1897

 

Little Parisians out for a holiday in Monceau Park, Paris, France, ca. 1905

 

The sponge bath, 1897

 

The tea party, 1902

 

Tired of play, 1894-95

 

Source: Library of Congress Stereograph Collection

Vintage Japan

Geisha girls out for an airing in rickshaws - 

along the Old Avenue, Nara, Japan, ca. 1906

  

Japanese mothers and children on a fishing trip, 1919

 

Passing away a dull hour - Geisha girls dancing, Japan, 1906

 

Peasant women heading rice with steel combs
in the fields on Suruga Bay, Japan, 1906

 

The little daughter of a Japanese gentleman 

playing the koto, Tokyo, Japan, 1906

 

Source: Library of Congress Stereograph Collection

Vintage Pennsylvania

A group posing on porch and balcony at campground or resort

 

Family group, Pennsylvania

 

Garden in Philadelphia

 

Golden Fish Fountain, Philadelphia

 

Lovers' walk, Landsdowne Valley, Pennsylvania

 

Source: New York Public Library Digital Collections

Japan

These are from the Library of Congress Stereograph Collection.

Geisha girls out for an airing in rickshaws - 

along the Old Avenue, Nara, Japan, ca. 1906

 

Japanese mothers and children on a fishing trip, 1919

 

Passing away a dull hour - Geisha girls dancing, Japan, 1906

 

Peasant women heading rice with steel combs 

in the fields on Suruga Bay, Japan, 1906

 

The little daughter of a Japanese gentleman 

playing the koto, Tokyo, Japan, 1906

Vintage Ireland

 Cutting and carting turf at a bog near 

Kiltoom, County Roscommon, ca. 1903

  

Domestic thrift, a study from real life, Ireland, ca. 1904

  

 In Claddagh - where old Irish customs and language 

survive - suburb of Galway, Ireland, 1903

  

 Letters from America. Mail arrival at a cosy 

home over-sea. County Monaghan, 1903

  

 Members of the "Pipers' Club" - 

fair young musicians of Cork, Ireland, 1906

  

The vendors' harvest day - characteristic 

Irish market, Cork, Ireland, 1905

 

Source: Library of Congress Stereograph Collection