Asian picture archive

Description:The lengthy descriptions on the backs, reproduced in the "description. A majority of these cards are government-issue commemorative and soldier's consolation cards, while twenty-one of them are "pin-up girls. The cards are thus all related to soldiering and martial values. The captions for these images are taken from hand-written comments in the Warners' photo albums. The army was ratcheting up pressure on the Nationalist government of China by stationing troops ever deeper into areas south and west of the puppet state of Manchukuo, which had been under Japanese occupation since September Prominent are images of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples, their artwork, architecture and natural environment.

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