After Japan surrendered in 1945, ending World War II, Allied forces led by the United States occupied the nation, bringing drastic changes. Japan was disarmed, its empire dissolved, its form of government changed to a democracy, and its economy and education system reorganized and rebuilt. Years of reconstruction were required to recover from thousands of air raids, including the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
By the 1950s, a former enemy became a Western ally, parts of American culture became part of the Japanese landscape - and Japan began to find its economic footing as a manufacturer consumer devices and electronics.
This album of slides from
m20wc51 taken by a man with the last name of “Morton” who worked at Yokohama Engineer Depot. He was possibly a correspondent for “Military Engineer” magazine. It may not seem apparent, but he only has one arm. He made several trips to Nikko, Tokyo, and elsewhere, also. This Depot was in Sagamihara-Shi.
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| Atami Railway Station, January 1955 |
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| Atami, January 1955 |
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| Atami, January 1955 |
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| Atami, January 1955 |
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| Atami, January 1955 |
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| Atami, January 1955 |
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| Atami, January 1955 |
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| Chigasaki Beach, August 1955 |
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| Daikon radishes, Sagami, December 1955 |
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| Fire station, September 1955 |
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| Higashi-Kanagawa Station, December 1955 |
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| Maids at B.M.Q., YED, December 1955 |
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| On trip to Hakone and Atami, May 1955 |
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| On trip to Hakone and Atami, May 1955 |
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| Packard Hearse, Yokohama, October 1955 |
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| Packard Hearse, Yokohama, October 1955 |
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| Palm in front of Ito railway station, December 1955 |
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| Sagami, May 1955 |
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| Sagamihara, December 1955 |
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| Sakuragicho Station, Yokohama, May 1955 |
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| Tamagawa River, October 1955 |
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| Ueno Zoo, December 1955 |
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| Workers at YED, May 1955 |
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| Yabe station on Yokohama Line, circa 1955 |
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| Yokohama canal, May 1955 |
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| Yokohama Line train bound for Hachioji, circa 1955 |
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| Yokohama street scenes, September 1955 |
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| Yokohama street scenes, September 1955 |
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| "East Of Eden" with James Dean, Haramachida, February 1956 |
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| Former "Ernie Pyle Theater", Tokyo, 1956 |
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| Hachioji, April 1956 |
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| Hachioji, April 1956 |
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| Hachioji, April 1956 |
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| Ito, January 1956 |
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| Lunch cart, April 1956 |
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| Office workers at YED, January 1956 |
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| Office workers at YED, January 1956 |
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| Office workers at YED, January 1956 |
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| Officers club, April 1956 |
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| Railway platform at Haramachida, February 1956 |
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