Old photos from Japan: I'm archiving photos for both sides of my family - so far, I've scanned and processed about 500 negatives, 35mm slides, stereo slides and photos. Here are two...

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Feb 21, 2022 02:56:46 #

espJSB Loc: Cal

I'm archiving photos for both sides of my family - so far, I've scanned and processed about 500 negatives, 35mm slides, stereo slides and photos. Here are two that I took in 1960 using a small Canon that I bought from a friend for $25. These are not good photos, but I thought there might be some folks here who were in or near Camp Zama around that time and would enjoy seeing them. (These were colorized in PS).

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Feb 21, 2022 06:06:26 #

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

"These are not good photos" You judge harshly, these photos record time fixed in a stopped clock. They tell us a lot more of life at that time than do the Neon glow of downtown Tokyo.

That 3 wheel delivery truck is very interesting and is sufficent.

Feb 21, 2022 06:12:57 #

Irvingite Charles Loc: Irving, Tx

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Feb 21, 2022 11:43:12 #

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

espJSB wrote:

Beautiful

Feb 22, 2022 06:30:34 #

Don W-37 Loc: Bangkok, Thailand

Thanks for posting. Nice photos.
I was at NAF Atsugi, near Camp Zama, in 1976. Love Japan.
(But Thailand is much, much cheaper!) 😁

Feb 22, 2022 06:40:47 #

Tdearing Loc: Rockport, TX

Nicely done, thanks for posting.

Feb 22, 2022 10:34:17 #

alo Loc: Virginia

Don W-37 wrote:

Thanks for posting. Nice photos.
I was at NAF Atsugi, near Camp Zama, in 1976. Love Japan
(But Thailand is much, much cheaper!) 😁

I was homebased at Kami-Seya 53-55. Purchased aZissIkon Contessa& and an Ikoflex at Atsugi. The Zama bus was one-of the ways to Yokohama

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Feb 22, 2022 12:22:10 #

BurghByrd Loc: Pittsburgh

Thanks for sharing these. Not only do they show Japan in 1960 but also the advances in photography over a 60+ period of time.

Feb 22, 2022 13:20:45 #

espJSB Loc: Cal

Thanks everyone for your kind replies. We loved Japan also. Newly married, I didn't have a high enough rank to qualify for gov't quarters, so my wife & I lived "on the economy" as it was called then. Japan was very inexpensive in 1960: 360 yen/$. You could ride the trains for practically nothing. We visited Atsugi, Yokosuka and of course the giant BX at Tachikawa. Oddly, Japan was where I discovered Jazz. There were some terrific, hip jazz clubs in Yokohama.

Feb 22, 2022 13:25:25 #

tcthome Loc: NJ

dpullum wrote:

Well said!

Feb 22, 2022 13:26:16 #

tcthome Loc: NJ

These are great photos & well worth showing & preserving.

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Feb 22, 2022 16:06:13 #

FL Streetrodder

Thanks so much for sharing a look back in time! You did quite nice job of colorization in the photos.

Feb 22, 2022 23:28:11 #

Don W-37 Loc: Bangkok, Thailand

alo wrote:

I was homebased at Kami-Seya 53-55. Purchased aZissIkon Contessa& and an Ikoflex at Atsugi. The Zama bus was one-of the ways to Yokohama

I bought a 3 year old Toyota for US$400 and drove! Was stationed at Atsugi for 18 months as the Aircraft Maintenance Officer. Great tour! 👍

Feb 23, 2022 11:40:58 #

espJSB Loc: Cal

Thank you FL Streetrodder.

Feb 23, 2022 12:30:55 #

therwol Loc: USA

Don W-37 wrote:

Was stationed at Atsugi for 18 months as the Aircraft Maintenance Officer. Great tour! 👍

Did it look like this? My father was part of the occupation force right after the war. He had a shoebox full of pictures like this in my closet. Professional photographers were selling them as souvenirs. I copied them way back in the 1970s simply by photographing them. I don't have access to the originals any longer, but the copies I made are decent enough. I think a few of his pictures were taken at Hiroshima, and there are a couple of MacArthur and scores of planes, ships and soldiers. If there is any interest, I can post more. By the way, he spent much of the war as a B17 mechanic stationed in Iowa before being shipped to Japan.

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