The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Candid snapshots kept by an American serviceman in occupied Japan capture village streets and tram lines, wooden shopfronts, bicycles, and a coastal town behind its stone seawall. Sailors posing with local children and a meeting with Nationalist Chinese officers record the everyday encounters of the years following Japan's surrender.
American Servicemen with Japanese Streetcar Bound for Shin-Wakaura
Interior View of Japanese Devotional Tablets and Lantern in a Shrine or Household Altar, Occupied Japan
Street Scene with Wooden Building, Occupied Japan (Postwar Era)
American Serviceman with Japanese Boys Beside a Canal, Occupied Japan
Rural Japanese Landscape Viewed from a Passing Train
Japanese Woman with Vegetables on a Street, Occupied Japan
Waterfront View of Japanese Coastal Village with Stone Seawall, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Two Japanese Men with Bicycle at Residential Gateway, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
US Navy Sailor with Japanese Children, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
River Embankment and Village Houses, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Streetcar Crossing a Canal Bridge in Occupied Japan
Public Dining Hall (Taishu Shokudo) Storefront, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
US Navy Sailors and Streetcar on Village Main Street, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Woman with Infant Amid Household Goods, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Beached Landing Craft at River Mouth, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Pharmacy Storefront with US Navy Sailors and Cyclists, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
River Embankment and Village Rooftops, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Navy Crew Posing Before Beached Landing Ship, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
US Navy Sailor with Japanese Boys Outside Shopfront, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Coastal Resort Town Viewed from the Water, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Japanese Civilians and US Sailor at Village Gathering Point, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Curving Tram Line and Village Street Scene, Occupied Japan, circa 1945-1946
Japanese Youths in School/Cadet Uniform with American Serviceman in Background, Occupied Japan, Post-WWII
U.S. Serviceman and Japanese Civilian with Bicycle, Occupied Japan
U.S. Navy Sailors on a Waterfront Street, Occupied Japan
Informal Group Portrait of American Servicemen, Occupied Japan, Post-WWII Era
American Sailors Visiting a Japanese Temple Gate, Occupied Japan
Japanese Mother, Child, and Companion in a Residential Doorway
Wooden Cargo Boats Moored on a Japanese River, Elevated View
Pedestrians on a Bridge Road, Japanese Town, Occupation Era
Three Japanese Boys Beside a Military Truck, Occupied Japan
Nationalist Chinese Army Officers with American Serviceman, WWII End-of-War Period
Sailors Posing on a Beach Before a Grounded Landing Ship
U.S. Navy Officer with Japanese Children, Occupied Japan
Street Scene with Shops and Vendor Stall, Japanese Town
U.S. Navy Sailor with Japanese Civilians on a Village Street
Stone Seawall and Waterfront Buildings, Japanese Coastal Town
Traditional Lattice-Doored Shopfront, Japanese Building Facade
American Sailors in Front of Train Bound for Shin-Wakaura, Occupied Japan
U.S. Sailor at Japanese Residence, Occupied Japan
Torii Gate and Shrine Approach, Occupied Japan
Group of U.S. Navy Sailors, Occupied Japan
Sailors Beside Aircraft Kill-Tally Markings on Ship's Bridge Wing, WWII Pacific
Street Scene with Two Young Men, Occupied Japan, c. 1945-1952
American Sailors and Japanese Civilians, Informal Group Portrait, Occupied Japan
U.S. Navy Personnel Posed Before a Traditional Wooden Gate, Occupied Japan
Japanese Interpreter and U.S. Sailor in Close Group Portrait, Occupied Japan
American Serviceman with Japanese Child in Crowded Street Scene, Occupied Japan