William Dana Reynolds Collection of Great Kanto Earthquake Photographs Reynolds (William Dana) Collection of Great Kanto Earthquake 1923

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William Dana Reynolds Collection of Great Kanto Earthquake Photographs Reynolds (William Dana) Collection of Great Kanto Earthquake 1923

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A photograph album comptised of photographs taken by William Dana Reynolds documenting a voyage to Japan in 1923. The album focuses on images of Kanto, Japan after the earthquake of 1923 as well as memorabilia from the voyage.

1.0 linear feet

eng,

John Hay Library, Special Collections

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Reynolds, William Dana

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In August 1923, William Dana Reynolds, with his wife Vera Hunt Reynolds and their young daughter Helen embarked from Honolulu on the Japanese steamship Taiyo Maru, bound for Yokohama. While at sea, the ship experienced and survived a tsunami only to arrive, badly damaged, in Yokohama Bay on September 8th as witness to the destruction caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake. Fully aware of the risks involved, eight of the male passengers decided to leave the ship and enter the city. Dan...