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China - Japan - Vietnam - 1914-18 War PHOTOGRAPHY...

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China - Japan - Vietnam - 1914-18 War [PHOTOGRAPHY - GLASS PLATES] Set of about 97 boxes of stereoscopic positive glass plates (including at least 40 to 60 boxes on China, Japan, Vietnam and Hong-Kong), some boxes on the 1914-18 war front and some miscellaneous. A notebook is attached to the set containing more than 660 pictures on Asia (plates laminated on the sheets of the notebook). Also attached is a set of later silver prints in 18x18 cm format and some miscellaneous calligraphy papers. A large part of the plates are hand-captioned, another part are Richard Verascopes, the rest are without captions. Set accompanied by a Taxiphote for viewing, in excellent condition. Views of cities, villages, sites, markets, workers, pagodas, trades, public executions, beheadings, and many shots of railroad construction.