Cultures

First steam train leaving Yokohama

Train near Yokohama ca. 1872

Fish market in Canton ca. 1856

Perry expedition arrives in Uraga

Red Cross Hospital on Formosa AKA Taiwan

New York ball in honor of Japanese visitors in 1860

Artists record Japanese presents during 1860 state visit to Washington, D.C.

Perry expedition delegation delivers American presents at Yokohama

Perry expedition group pays visit to Shui

Japanese scroll depicting Perry expedition ships

Japanese scroll depicting paddle wheel of Perry steamer ship

Japanese scroll depicting Marines in formation

Japanese scroll depicting Marines

Perry expedition dinner at the Regents, island of Okinawa

View of Tokyo Bay during Perry expedition

Perry expedition reception at castle of Shui

Perry delegation presents Fillmore letter to Japanese

Matthew C. Perry meets Japanese imperial commissioners

Matthew C. Perry

Matthew C. Perry

First landing of Americans in Japan

Japanese commissioners aboard Perry's ship

Erikson, Leif

Ship bearing immigrants approaches Statue of Liberty

Ezra Meeker with Calvin Coolidge

Giovanni da Verrazano

Jacques Cartier at Hochelaga Montreal

Henry Hudson descends Hudson River

Samuel de Champlain

Angel Island Immigration Station in California

Poor Chinese men and boys, ca. 1909

Chinese receive famine rations

Poor Chinese family eat in ruined house

Poor Chinese receive food aid, ca. 1902

Chinese mud-brick houses

Citizens of Hankow take refuge during Chinese Revolution

Chinese rag-pickers