Historical Objects

The EAIC documents the history of imperial Japan (1868-1945), its Asian empire (1895-1945) and occupied Japan (1947-52). Images of Taiwan 台湾, Japan 日本, China 中国, Korea 朝鮮, Manchuria 満洲国, and Indonesia are included. Documents include digitized photographs, negatives, postcards, rare books and slides.

From Lafayette College, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University, and Harvard-Yenching Library, these postcards include cards from 1907 to 1937.

Pacific Pursuits is a collection of postcards that were issued predominately between 1900 and 1930 in various countries and territories of the western Pacific. They depict urban architecture and rural landscapes, local fauna and flora, notable monuments and sites, and daily life, particularly scenes of work and domestic activity, as well as portraiture. Predominately produced locally for Western visitors.

Pacific Pursuits is a collection of postcards that were issued predominately between 1900 and 1930 in various countries and territories of the western Pacific. They depict urban architecture and rural landscapes, local fauna and flora, notable monuments and sites, and daily life, particularly scenes of work and domestic activity, as well as portraiture. Predominately produced locally for Western visitors.

From Lafayette College, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University, and Harvard-Yenching Library, these postcards include cards from 1907 to 1937.

This collection of postcards and maps from 1932 to 1945 includes images of villages and cities as well as workers and children.

A selection of more than 150 postcards depicting Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria during the mid-20th century.