The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Photographs from a serviceman's album capture Japan during the Allied occupation, where bombed-out cityscapes and rows of surplus aircraft awaiting scrapping stand alongside busy street corners returning to civilian routine. Interleaved snapshots of American officers, harbor logistics, and stateside winter scenes give a personal shape to the years of reconstruction after World War II.
Young Man in Overcoat and Fedora Standing in Deep Snow, Personal Snapshot (Photo Album, Postwar Era)
Snow-Covered Automobiles in Wooded Parking Area, Personal Photo Album, c. 1950s
USAF Jet Aircraft on Snow-Covered Ramp, Japan, 1950s
Snow-Covered Woodland Landscape, Japan, 1950s
Serviceman in Barracks Quarters, Postwar Japan Occupation-Era Photo Album
Serviceman in Snowstorm Beside Snow-Covered Automobile, United States, Late 1940s-1950s
Military Mobile Radar/Communications Van with Polka-Dot Calibration Panel, U.S. Base in Japan, 1950s
Two U.S. Servicemen on Building Portico, Allied Occupation of Japan, Postwar Era
Two U.S. Air Force Officers in Service Dress Uniform, Japan, Early 1950s
Street Scene with Pedestrians and Storefront Signage, Postwar Japan, Late 1940s-1950s
Republic F-84 Thunderjet Fighters on Snow-Covered Ramp, USAF Base, Early 1950s
Street View of Large Institutional Building, Occupied Japan (Postwar Album)
Catholic Missionary with Group of Japanese Children, Postwar Japan, Early 1950s
Four Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star Jet Trainers in Echelon Formation, USAF, 1950s
Portrait of a U.S. Airman in Flight Jacket, Occupied Japan, Late 1940s-1950s
Institutional Building with Observation Tower and Weather Instrument Shelters, Occupied Japan, Winter, circa 1945-1955
Steel Truss Bridge and Railway Crossing, Japan, Postwar Album (1950s)
Faded Snapshot of a Waterfall Landscape, Japan, 1950s Photo Album
U.S. Navy Port Director Office, Nagasaki, Japan, Occupation Era (Late 1940s-1950s)
Three Servicemen Posed Beneath a Steel Truss Bridge, Japan, circa 1950s
River Scene with Traditional Boats, Japan, 1950s Photo Album
Faded Color Photograph of a Japanese Coastal Landscape, circa 1950s
Three U.S. Servicemen on Steel Truss Bridge, Occupied Japan, Early 1950s
Group Portrait of Japanese Children at a Traditional Gathering, Postwar Japan, c. 1950s
Portrait of a Man in Tweed Jacket Smoking in a Domestic Living Room, Postwar Era
U.S. Navy Sailors Touring Bomb-Damaged Japanese Industrial Area, Postwar Occupation Era
Devastated Urban Landscape, Postwar Japan
Bomb-Damaged Industrial Plant (Coke Oven Battery), Postwar Japan, Personal Photo Album
American Serviceman Overlooking Bombed-Out Japanese City, Postwar Japan
Panoramic View of Atomic-Bombed City Ruins, Japan, Post-WWII Occupation Era
Ruins of a Bombed Industrial Facility Beneath Terraced Hillside, Japan, Believed Post-World War II
Fire-Gutted Building with Exposed Roof Trusses, Postwar Japan
Bombed-Out Japanese Cityscape, Postwar Occupation Photograph, WWII Era
Panoramic View of Atomic Bomb Devastation, Nagasaki, Japan -- Postwar Photo Album
Bombed-Out Japanese City, Postwar Occupation Era
Japanese Children's Fan Dance Performance, Postwar Occupation-Era Photo Album
Three Servicemen Relaxing on Wooded Hillside, Occupied Japan, Late 1940s-1950s
Devastated Japanese Urban Landscape, Possible Atomic or Firebombing Aftermath, Postwar Japan
Panoramic View of Bombed Japanese City Ruins, WWII/Post-War Era
View of Bomb-Damaged Japanese Port City with Surviving Traditional Houses in Foreground, Postwar Japan
Deck View of Ship's Superstructure with Bridge and Radio Direction-Finder Antenna, Postwar Japan Era
American Servicemen with Duffel Bags Awaiting Transport, Occupation-Era Japan
U.S. Army Post Exchange (PX), Occupied Japan, Postwar Era
4th Replacement Depot Headquarters Signboard, Japan, Postwar/Korean War Era
Rows of Surplus Single-Engine Aircraft Stored on a Harbor Pier, Post-War Japan
Harbor Scene with Queued Workers and Military Half-Tracks, Postwar Japan
Two Young Girls Performing a Traditional Japanese Fan Dance, Japan, 1950s
Firefighters Battling a Forest Blaze with Backpack Water Tanks, Postwar Japan Photo Album, 1950s