Genre: Industrial Photography Distant view looking across the bay towards Prince Satsuma's cotton mills at Kagoshima, 'only in the process of preparation when this was taken — but now it is in full work and all is as busy as the busiest of Home mills.'
The First American Minister's Residence, Kakasaki, Simoda. Photographer: Moser, Michael
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the thatched house and garden of the American Minister. An American Consulate was established at Shimoda in 1856.
The Gaiety Theatre, Yokohama. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view from the street of the porticoed façade of the single-storey Gaiety Theatre, with the Yokohama Ice Company premises in the background. The theatre opened in December 1870.
The Eastern Bluff, Yokohama. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the cliffs of the Bluff at Yokohama: 'Only three years ago the bluff land bounding Yokohama was for the most part wild, with only here and there a patch of cultivation. Very early after the residence of foreigners here was an accomplished fact, th...