East Asia Postcard Collection
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Caption
Mt. Fuji (12,385 ft. high) has been so familiar in the world as the symbole of Japan that the mountain has been seen in the pictures and the paintings and the name has been in the poems and the folk songs for a long time. This mountain was born in many thousand years ago and the beautiful shape now seen was built up after hundreds of erupsions [sic] between the original peaks. Ko-Mitake and Hoei-Zan.
Physical Description
One color postcard with a divided back. The postcard was printed by the Otsuji Picture Post Card Making and Distributing Company Ltd. in Japan.
Condition
Used
Postmark Date
1962-04-24
Sender
Bob Becker [Japan]
Recipient
Mother McShane [San Diego, California]
Language of Message
English
Language of Postcard
English, Japanese
Location
Japan–Shizuoka Prefecture–Mt. Fuji
Printer
Otsuji Picture Post Card Making and Distributing Co., Ltd.
Date Issued
1908-
Object Type
Postcard
Object Size
14 X 09 cm
Original Collection
San Diego College for Women Postcard Collection
Digital Collection
East Asian Postcard Collection
Digital Publisher
Copley Library, University of San Diego
Collection Number
Japan-09
Date Digitized
2014-04-04
Image Format
Image/JPEG
Repository
Special Collections. Copley Library, University of San Diego
Image File Location
P:\Archives\SDCW Postcard Collection\Asia\Japan-09A.jpg
Image File Size
169 KB
Copyright
This postcard may be protected by copyright law. It is being made available for non-commercial, personal, educational, and research use only. It is the responsibility of the user to locate and obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) or heirs for any other use.
