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Tokyo Earthquake 1923

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1. lga00004.gif Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, Earthquake September 1, 1923. "A good idea of the tremendous devastation in Tokyo wrought by earthquake and fire. Enclosed find a few snaps taken on the top of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo which is the only hotel in the earthquake district that survived." J.H. Messervey, letter dated March 5, 1924. ID. George A. Lang Collection. 4
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2. lga00005.gif Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, Earthquake September 1, 1923. "A good idea of the tremendous devastation in Tokyo wrought by earthquake and fire. Enclosed find a few snaps taken on the top of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo which is the only hotel in the earthquake district that survived." J.H. Messervey, letter dated March 5, 1924. ID. George A. Lang Collection. 5
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3. lga00006.gif Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, Earthquake September 1, 1923. "A good idea of the tremendous devastation in Tokyo wrought by earthquake and fire. Enclosed find a few snaps taken on the top of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo which is the only hotel in the earthquake district that survived." J.H. Messervey, letter dated March 5, 1924. ID. George A. Lang Collection. 6
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4. lga00007.gif Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, Earthquake September 1, 1923. "A good idea of the tremendous devastation in Tokyo wrought by earthquake and fire. Enclosed find a few snaps taken on the top of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo which is the only hotel in the earthquake district that survived." J.H. Messervey, letter dated March 5, 1924. ID. George A. Lang Collection. 7
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5. lga00008.gif Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, Earthquake September 1, 1923. "A good idea of the tremendous devastation in Tokyo wrought by earthquake and fire. Enclosed find a few snaps taken on the top of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo which is the only hotel in the earthquake district that survived." J.H. Messervey, letter dated March 5, 1924. ID. George A. Lang Collection. 8
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6. lga00009.gif Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, Earthquake September 1, 1923. "I enclose also a photo of the ruins of the Grand Hotel at Yokohama where I stopped last year." J.H. Messervey, letter dated March 5, 1924. ID. George A. Lang Collection. 9
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