Girl Students in Japan -1920s Photo Album

[Girls Education], Japan

Photo Album

[Girls Education] [Japan] Photograph album from a girl student in Japan, c. 1926. Filled with 78 original silver gelatin print photographs of classmates, school activities, and social outings. Original cloth and red boards. 10 x 7.5 in. “Photo Album” printed on front cover. Pasted label on the final page with some information on the original owner, dated 1926. Photographs of various small sizes, from 1.75 x 2.5 inches to 3 x 5”. Many images are school portraits of teenage girls in their matching uniforms posing either individually, in pairs, or small groups. Occasional photographs of teenage boys as well, including one with the sitter dressed in a samurai outfit. Photos of a field day with outdoor footraces, marches, and performances. A few later photographs of older young women in civilian clothes, posing by a river, and strolling in a park together. These may be images of some of the younger students, years later as adults. Most of the images show figures in Western styles clothes, although 2 photographs show women dressed up in kimonos. Images lack captions, but there is an autograph on one photograph. Some soiling to cover, and 8 sheets of album are detached from spine. Unique images are in very good condition.

Item #17162

Price: $225.00