Yokohama: Dignitaries await passengers' arrival

Object Details

Creator: McIntosh, Burr, 1862-1942
Names: Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Collection Collector: Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
Collection Creator: McIntosh, Burr, 1862-1942

See more items in: The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia; The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia / FSA A2009.02 02: Album of photographs of the Taft Mission to Asia

Biographical / Historical: McIntosh was better known as a fashion and society photographer before he joined the Taft Mission.

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Type: Archival materials; Gelatin silver prints; Photographic prints; Photograph albums; Photographs

Collection Citation: The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia, FSA A2009.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form: Photographic prints; Photograph albums; Photographs -- 1900-1910

Scope and Contents: Folio 7 recto, 4th photograph; A photograph of dignitaries patiently waiting to welcome their American guests. Important dignitaries include US Min. Lloyd C. Griscom, Consul Gen. H.B. Miller, and representatives of the Japanese Imperial household, Foreign Office, War Dept., and Asiatic Society. Earlier in 1905, Japan had won a war against Russia and were intent on forming a strong alliance with the US. This photo was taken on the 25th of July, 1905.