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A collection of vintage illustrations, taken from books published between the 18th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. 
Japanese soldiers.
From Le japon, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans (sic) de cet empire (Japan, or mores customs and costumes of the inhabitants of this empire), by Breton de la Martinière, Paris, 1818.
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View of a Japanese fort.
From Le japon, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans (sic) de cet empire (Japan, or mores customs and costumes of the inhabitants of this empire), by Breton de la Martinière, Paris, 1818.
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Portraits of Ainu people, and knifes.
From Le japon, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans (sic) de cet empire (Japan, or mores customs and costumes of the inhabitants of this empire), by Breton de la Martinière, Paris, 1818.
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Civil servant and rice thresher.
From Le japon, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans (sic) de cet empire (Japan, or mores customs and costumes of the inhabitants of this empire), by Breton de la Martinière, Paris, 1818.
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Man in a rain coat and musician.
From Le japon, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans (sic) de cet empire (Japan, or mores customs and costumes of the inhabitants of this empire), by Breton de la Martinière, Paris, 1818.
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Lady choosing fabrics.
From Le japon, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans (sic) de cet empire (Japan, or mores customs and costumes of the inhabitants of this empire), by Breton de la Martinière, Paris, 1818.
Via archive.org.
Japanese women looking through bamboos on the mall.
From Le japon, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans (sic) de cet empire (Japan, or mores customs and costumes of the inhabitants of this empire), by Breton de la Martinière, Paris, 1818.
Via archive.org.
House of the Russian ambassador in Megasaki (Umegasaki?)
From Le japon, ou moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans (sic) de cet empire (Japan, or mores customs and costumes of the inhabitants of this empire), by Breton de la Martinière, Paris, 1818.
Via archive.org.
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French Robots, illustration by Jean-Luc Moreau for Omni, 1982
Gutzon Borglum and his sculpture Statue of Aviator, 1919
Busby Berkeley’s 42nd Street, 1933
