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[A Meiji era photograph of Japanese police graduating from an English language class]
[Photographer unidentified].
[Japan: studio unidentified], 1906.
A photograph produced during the Meiji era. The handwritten caption reads (in English) "June 28, 1906. Graduating ceremony of English student [sic] of police". Two foreign women and one foreign man are pictured in the front row.
One photograph mounted on card. Marks and a few scrapes to photograph and card. Foxing, browning, and creases to card. Brush and ink date inscription in Japanese to verso .72 x 54 cm.