Object Details
Collector
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
Names
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
Collection Collector
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
Collection Creator
McIntosh, Burr, 1862-1942
Collection Citation
The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia, FSA A2009.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Contents
Descriptions and illustrations of villagers in Ikitsukishima in Nagasaki province setting out in boats, killing whales, and processing them. The album was likely acquired by Alice Roosevelt during a tour of Japan in 1905.
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Local Numbers
FSA A2009.02 11
Place
Japan
Nagasaki (Japan)
Topic
Diplomacy
Travel
Collector
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
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The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia
Biographical / Historical
In her 1933 autobiography "Crowded Hours, Alice Roosevelt Longworth writes that on August 1, 1905, "... we steamed through the Inland Sea, greeted by fireworks set off from launches and sampans when we reached the Straits of Shimonoseki, to land at Nagasaki for a day of more entertainment."
Extent
1 Album (20 woodblock printed text pages with 20 woodblock print illustrations, Accordian album, 23 x 34 cm.)
Date
1829
Archival Repository
National Museum of Asian Art Archives
Identifier
FSA.A2009.02, Item FSA A2009.02 11
Type
Archival materials
Albums
Souvenirs
Woodblock prints
Collection Rights
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form
Souvenirs
Woodblock prints
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
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Record ID
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