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Life in Japan, ca. 1910

The above images are from a collection of photographic glass-plate transparencies depicting life in Japan, including scenery, street scenes, workers, farming, fishing, silk production, stone carvers, wood carvers, metal workers, potters, and artists. These “Yokohama photographs” were sold to foreign tourists between about 1868 and 1912, before cameras and postcards were generally available

The slides were purchased by Herbert Geddes, a manager for G.R. Gregg and Company, importers and exporters, in Vancouver and Winnipeg. He was sent to Japan and was based in Yokohama between 1908 and 1918. Geddes was manager for Gregg and Company in Vancouver until the mid 1950s.

Part of the Herbert Geddes collection.

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