Random Japanese Snapshots 8

 

Time to finish up this small collection.  To recap, I bought a small envelope of photos from an eBay seller in Japan.  Do they all come from the same source, or are they just a bunch of random snapshots packaged together?  Anyway, I didn't see any people showing up in multiple images, so I'm going with random.  This is the one thing I keep wondering.  How many of these photos were taken before the war, and how many after.   Considering how many Japanese citizens died in the war, it's likely that at least some of the pre-war photos show people who were dead within four or five years.  And a lot of people in these photos are pretty young.  The bottom photo in the column is of schoolgirls. Click on Random Japanese Snapshots Collection in labels to see all the photos in the collection. 

Random Japanese Snapshots 7

 

This is probably the penultimate post from this collection.   To recap, I bought an envelope of snapshots from an eBay seller in Japan.  I have no idea if the photos are from the same source, or if the seller just threw a bunch of random snapshots together into a single lot.  Anyway, click on Random Japanese Snapshots Collection in labels to see the rest.  

Random Japanese Snapshots 6

  

I'm still having problems with the scanner, so when it started working again, I figured I should get something posted while I still could.  So, a photo plus what's written on the back from an envelope of photos I purchased from an eBay seller in Japan.  And once again, if anyone out there can translate what's written on the back of the print, please leave it as a comment.  Click on random Japanese snapshots collection in labels to see what's already been published. 

Random Japanese Snapshots 5

Since my scanner inexplicably stopped working and then, equally mysteriously, began working again,  I've decided to put up another post from the Random Japanese Snapshots Collection (Click on that in labels to see more.)  Anyway, there's nothing written on the back of any of these prints, but there is a stamp on the back of the middle photo with the truck.  "28. 2. 27" I'm tempted to think that's a date in the European style with the date first, then the month, and then the year.  But the truck doesn't look that old. My guess is it's from the forties or early fifties, which would make this a post-war photograph.  
 

Random Japanese Snapshots 4

 

Well, I haven't put up anything for a while, so it just seemed easy to put up another image from this collection.  So, to recap, I bought an envelope of photos from an eBay seller in Japan.  I don't know whether they are all from the same family, or just random photos with no relationship to each other at all.  I'm guessing random since I haven't really seen any repeat people.  Too, I'm putting up multiple images per post if there is nothing written on the back, but one only if there is a notation, which because I don't speak or read Japanese, I can't translate.  If anyone can, please help me out with a translation in the comments.   To see everything that's up, with more to come, click on random Japanese Snapshots Collection in labels and bring up what's been posted. 

Random Japanese Snapshots 3

 

I recently purchased an envelope full of snapshots from an eBay seller in Japan.  They may be random, or they may all be from the same family.  I just don't know.  Anyway, I'm still figuring out how I'm going to post them and in what order.  The only thing I'm sure of is that those photos with writing on the back will be placed in a single posting.  I don't speak Japanese, and I can't really use Google Translate, so if someone out there speaks and reads Japanese, a translation would be welcome.  Just knowing that I've got it right side up would also be helpful.  Click on Random Japanese snapshots collection in labels to see what's been published.  More to come. 

Random Japanese Snapshots 2

 

 Time to return to the Random Japanese Snapshot Collection.  As I mentioned in part 1, I purchased an envelope of small snapshots from an eBay seller in Japan.  I really have no idea how random they actually are. For all I know they all came from the same family, or maybe they have no relationship to each other.  So far, there aren't that many to see, but click on Random Japanese Snapshots Collection in labels to see what's what. I'm just guessing, but I'm thinking pre-World War 2. 

Random Japanese Snapshots 1

 

Despite money being tight right now, I recently purchased an envelope of random Japanese snapshots.  Well, I don't know that for sure.  For all I know they all come from the same family which makes them far less random.  Anyway, I have a couple with some writing on the back.  They'll be published with a scan of the back that, with any luck, someone can translate for me, or at the very least tell me if they're upside down.  Some will be posted in lots of three, but I'm starting with a one-off of this group shot in the snow.  I'm thinking class photo considering the institutional-type building in the background.  Eventually, when I get around to putting more up, click on Random Japanese Snapshots Collection in labels to bring everything up.