Charles Nicholas Johnson Slide Collection
Item Information
Title
Charles Nicholas Johnson Slide Collection
Description
Photographer and U.S. Army non-commissioned officer Charles Nicholas Johnson (1923-2005) was stationed in Tokyo from fall 1954 to September 1957. During this time he photographed color images, capturing everyday life in Japan, urban scenes, landscapes and representations of Japanese culture. The family of Charles Nicholas Johnson donated this collection of 260 slides to the archives in 2013. Many of the images were taken at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, a Shinto shrine established in 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. For more information on Nikkō Tōshō-gū, please visit: http://www.toshogu.jp/english/
Subject
Japan
World war II
Date
1955-1957
Coverage
Japan
Creator
Johnson, Charles Nicholas
Source
UW-Parkside MC 036 Charles Nicholas Johnson Slide Collection
Publisher
UW-Parkside Archives and Area Research Center
Rights Holder
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Title
Charles Nicholas Johnson Slide Collection
Description
Photographer and U.S. Army non-commissioned officer Charles Nicholas Johnson (1923-2005) was stationed in Tokyo from fall 1954 to September 1957. During this time he photographed color images, capturing everyday life in Japan, urban scenes, landscapes and representations of Japanese culture. The family of Charles Nicholas Johnson donated this collection of 260 slides to the archives in 2013. Many of the images were taken at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, a Shinto shrine established in 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. For more information on Nikkō Tōshō-gū, please visit: http://www.toshogu.jp/english/
Subject
Japan
World war II
Date
1955-1957
Coverage
Japan
Creator
Johnson, Charles Nicholas
Source
UW-Parkside MC 036 Charles Nicholas Johnson Slide Collection
Publisher
UW-Parkside Archives and Area Research Center
Rights Holder
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Collection Items
The pagoda at Nikkō Tōshōgū
The pagoda of Nikkō Tōshōgū. The “sculpted column” is part of a stone lantern.
Streetcartracks in a city
Streetcar tracks along a city road. Buildings line one side, and a man on a bicycle transports a chair.
Main Mitsui Bank, Tokyo
Main Mitsui Bank, Tokyo. The Main Mitsui Bank building was constructed by the American James Stewart & Co and finished in 1902, although it had to be rebuilt in 1929 after the Great Earthquake due to damage. (Also seen in MC036_140)
Sightseeing at a mountain overlook
Sightseers pose on a fenced overlook with mountains in the background.
Shipping dock
A crane unloads a crate from a cargo vessel. Other ships and cars are in the background while dock workers go about their tasks.