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Postcard: Ginza circa 1898

Postcard: Yoshiwara pleasure quarters before the 1923 disaster

Postcard: Matsuzakaya Department Store in Ueno before the 1923 disaster

Postcard: Tokyo kaikan before the 1923 disaster

Postcard: Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo

Postcard: Nihonbashi Bridge and surrounding area before the earthquake

Postcard: Hanayashiki, Asakusa before the 1923 disaster

Postcard: Ginza dōri before the 1923 disaster

Postcard: Asakusa before the 1923 disaster

Photograph: Slum quarters in eastern Tokyo, 1920

Photograph: Tenement houses in Ryūsenji, Shitaya Ward, Tokyo in 1920

Photograph: Tokyo residents of slum quarters in 1920

Postcard: Asakusa before the 1923 disaster