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bullet train japan. I believe that is mt. fuji in the background. i love fuji, monument valley, niagara falls, those arches in utah and death valley. the problem is that stock photo companies tend to throw a picture of one of those places in with every disc. these photo subjects have become like the cracker-jack prize or the bazooka bubblegum cartoon that you’re already gotten a few dozen times.

 The Imagery of Postcards sold in Micronesia during the German Colonial Period (PDF file) - By Dirk HR Spennemann

   The first picture postcards of Micronesia were produced for the German colonies. Starting in 1898, cards existed for the Marshall Islands, soon followed by cards for Pohnpei, Yap, Palau and the Marianas. In total three main series can be identified: generic lithographed cards with reproductions of drawing or paintings, early photographic cards with undivided  backs and white space on the image side for messages, and full-face image cards. The motifs on the early cards are scenic and ethnographic, while those on the second and third series predominately reproduce symbols of German colonial power and achievement. Cards that are exploitative of women (along the lines of ‘dusky maidens’), which were so  popular in Samoa, are very rare in the German Micronesian setting.

screen cap from pdf of the colonial postcards. Doesn’t really do the art work and subjects justice, but gives you an idea of what they look like before you download the 3.8mb file.

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