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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Maps 8.bb.37 Subject Rail Transport

1. Maps 8.bb.37(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 8.bb.37(49)
Title:
Locomotive at Shimbashi (Shinbashi) Railway Station, Tokyo. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Side view of a railway locomotive on a turntable, with European figures and two Japanese railway workers posed beside it. Probably taken soon after the opening of the station in October 1872.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

2. Maps 8.bb.37(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 8.bb.37(51)
Title:
Shimbashi (Shinbashi) Railway Station, Tokyo. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the station entrance, with a locomotive on the line in the foreground. The decorated platform indicates the likelihood that this view was taken around the time of the opening of the station in October 1872.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

3. Maps 8.bb.37(195)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 8.bb.37(195)
Title:
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the bay, with a railway line crossing a bridge in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Maps 8.bb.37(196)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 8.bb.37(196)
Title:
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the railway line, here running through a cutting, with buildings on either side.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Maps 8.bb.37(198)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 8.bb.37(198)
Title:
Opening of Yokohama Railway Station. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking along the line towards a triumphal arch. The first railway station at Yokohama, now known as Sakuragicho Station, was opened on 7 May 1872.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1872
Extent:
1 item

6. Maps 8.bb.37(199)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 8.bb.37(199)
Title:
Yokohama Railway Station. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the station buildings, with a trtain drawn up the platform in the foreground. The photograph was probably taken soon after the opening of the station in May 1872.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item