Images Dated 9th May 2012 (#91)

A carload of mammoth navel oranges from California

Number 14. Print is illustration number 14 from a series of pictures depitcting scenes possibly from the tale of Genji, showing three figures, courtesans or geshia and members of the nobility

The right of way. Illustration shows a locomotive labeled Private Monopoly Special racing down tracks labeled Opportunity while two trains labeled Plain People Local

Philadelphia brewery

The actor Onoe Baiko. Print shows the actor Onoe Baiko, full-length portrait, standing on a boat, wearing heavy coat and geta, during snowstorm. Date between 1825 and 1830

Measuring the shape of Mount Fuji. Print shows two men carrying swords, one also carries a rifle, stopping on a path to light their pipes, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Date ca. 1836

Osen of Kagiya and Ohisa of Takashima. Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of two beautiful women, Osen waitress at the Kagiya teahouse, and Ohisa from the Takashima teahouse

The courtesan Usugumo of Tama-ya. Date between 1830 and 1844

Horses. Backing. Photograph shows eight consecutive images of a man with a horse which is backing. Date c1881

He won t be happy till he gets it (with profuse apologies to the Pears Soap Baby). Illustration shows a man labeled Organized Greed, possibly Chauncey M

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Waterwheel at Onden

The actor Arashi Kichisaburo in the role of Sutewakamaru. Date between 1810 and 1818

Rear view of a traveler or monk wearing cape and with large conical hat on his back, carrying a short staff in right hand. Date between 1830 and 1850

Weishaar Winner 100 mi. race, Norton, Kan. Oct. 22, 14. Time 2 hr. 1 1/2 min. World record. Photograph shows portrait of racing champion Ray Weishaar on motorcycle. Date c1914 October 27

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Sake cup. Print shows a woman pouring sake into a saucer for a man. Date between 1801 and 1804

A flirtation. Illustration showing Britannia wearing a robe decorated with shamrocks, an armor breastplate, helmet, and with a large sword at her side, wooing an Irish man sitting in a chair

A bird flying to the left, seen from above. Date between 1830 and 1850

Horses. Walking. Photograph shows twelve consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Clyde. Date c1881. Horses. Walking

Country clients. Print showing a middle-aged couple seated in chairs in a lawyers office, the lawyer standing, facing them, with his back to a fireplace

Number four. Print showing scenes related to the war between China and Japan. Date ca. 1895

Number four. Print shows three young women with trays of silkworm cocoons. Date between 1799 and 1801

May: Cuckoo. Print shows a young woman arranging blossoming branches, she has turned to look at a cuckoo as it passes her window. Date between 1772 and 1774

The Tiburtine sibyl and the Emperor Augustus. Print shows a female prophet directing Emperor Augustuss gaze upward towards a group of spirits in the clouds. Date between ca. 1500 and 1550

The better half. Illustration shows the head of a young man with a full head of hair (The Better Half) and when inverted, shows the head of an old man with a large beard (The Other Half)

Narumi. Print shows a woman working with fabric as a child tries to look over her shoulder. Date 1804

Stanley meets Livingstone

Belshazzarfellers feast. Illustration shows John D. Rockefeller as Belshazzar sitting on a throne above a group of capitalists and politicians enjoying a feast of such dishes as Draw Back Bon-Bons

Futamigaura. Print shows a woman in a sedan chair with porters and a male traveler stopping to admire the twin rock formations, also known as the Meoto-iwa or Wedded rocks

Brushes used in lacquer painting, fig. 5. Drawing shows six types of brushes on individual strips of paper, cut and pasted on a larger piece of paper in the form of a starburst or asterix. Date 1878?

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo and Nakamura Denkuro and Ichikawa Yaozo. Date between 1744 and 1755

Turn the rascals out

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The warrior Tada no Manchu. Print shows the warrior Tada no Manchu on horseback shooting an arrow into a serpent or dragon in a river. Date 188-

Evening rain at Azuma Shrine. Print shows two travelers on a roadway in the rain at night. Date between 1827 and 1840, printed later

Ichikawa Omezo and Sawamura Gennosuke crossing Azuma Bridge. Print shows the actors Ichikawa Omezo and Sawamura Gennosuke walking across the Azuma Bridge, with two porters nearby

Picking young pines on the day of the rat

The great Wallace shows: colossal 3 ring circus, 2 elevated

The real objection to Smoot. Illustration shows an old man labeled Mormon Hierarchy, wearing a coat of stitched together fragments of cloth labeled Polygamy, Mormon Rebellion

Rio las Animas Canon. Date between 1898 and 1905

Arashi Hinasuke in the role of Minamoto no Raiko and Iwai Kumesaburo in the role of Yosoi Hime. Print shows two actors, one playing a man and the other playing a woman. Date between 1799 and 1801

Sweethearts still

A comic dialogue between two males. Print shows two men talking, both wearing hats. Date between 1793 and 1801

Jeff. Davis! As women and children

A long range assault. Illustration shows a devilish-looking man holding an ink-tipped quill labeled French Press, standing on a pedestal labeled Paris

Horses. Leaping. Photograph shows two series of five consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Phyrne L. leaping over fence. Date c1881

Mitsuke. Print shows ferry boats on the Tenryu River at the Mitsuke station on the Tokaido Road. Date between 1833 and 1836, printed later

Cherry blossom viewing during the Genroku period. Print shows two women on a red cloth spread on the ground behind a screen, and three men walking away, looking back at them

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