解説Umbrella Maker, Japan (1914 by Elstner Hilton).jpg
These photos are from an album my spouse's uncle, Elstner Hilton, compiled during his stay in Japan between 1914 and 1918.
While the album contains many interesting and helpful notations about the subject matter, there is no indication as to the date the photo was taken. For that reason, all I can say is the photo dates from between 1914 and 1918.
Japan 1914 - 1918 I own the originals of these unpublished family photos. ... As a salesman for Atkins Saw Company, Elstner Hilton traveled to the Far East to sell commercial sawmills in the early years of the 20th century. ... Elstner Hilton was my father-in-law Frank Hilton's* brother, which makes him my spouse's uncle. ... * Elstner Hilton's brother Frank Hilton compiled a scrapbook of photographs, clippings and other ephemera at Stanford University between 1907 and 1911. ... ps: I now have reason to believe that the photos of Japan may be stock photos that Uncle Elstner purchased and pasted into his album. There may be some exceptions: the images of his sister, Miriam, and photos of logging operations in the Phillippines.