New Zealand J Force soldiers giving money to a blind street musician, Tokyo, during the allied occupation of Japan after World War II, [between 1946-1948]
Reference Number: J-0545-F
New Zealand J Force soldiers giving money to a blind street musician, on a street in Tokyo, Japan. Shows two Auckland brothers, L J And A V Thompson, handing notes to a man who crouches on the footpath with a child on his lap, playing a bamboo wind instrument. Photograph taken between 1946-1948 by an official photographer.
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1 image, related to L J Thompson, A V Thompson, Tokyo, Begging and Street entertainers.
Part of:
J Force negatives, Reference Number PAColl-4161-11 (115 digitised items)
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency, Reference Number PAColl-4161 (2071 digitised items)
Extent: 1 b&w original negative(s)Film negative. Vertical imageSingle negative
Conditions governing access to original: Partial restriction - Negatives are not available for viewing. Surrogate copies will be provided. .
Other copies available: File print available in Turnbull Library Pictures350. World War II. Japan (PFP-031332)
Inscriptions: Inscribed - Marginal notes on negative - bottom centre: 15646
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