A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War

A Photographic Record of the
Russo-Japanese War
Edited by James H. Hare
1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

The photographs that follow all appear in this densely illustrated 256-page volume published in 1905, the second and last year of the Russo-Japanese War. This is an excellent representative sample of the type of war photos that enjoyed wide circulation in the United States, England, Europe, and Japan as advanced technologies made mass reproduction of such images feasible.

“Tikoku Banzai!”–“Long Live the Empire!”
[page 30]

With the Russian Army on its March to the Front page 45, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

“The Night Landing of the Japanese Troops at Chemuplo”
[page 35]

“With the Russian Army on its March to the Front”
[page 45]

“Twenty-Third Artillery Brigade About to Leave Gatchina for the Front”
[page 51]

The Night Landing of the Japanese Troops at Chemuplo page 35, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

“Japanese Burying a Russian Captain with Military Honors at Antung”
[page 89]

“English Nurses Sent by the Queen to Inspect the Workings
of the Japanese Red Cross”
[page 93]

“Shinto Ceremony Held by the Japanese in Honor of
Those Who Fell at the Yalu”
[page 94]

“Japanese Visiting Russian Graves at the Feng-Wang-Cheng”
[page 99]

“Bringing Wounded Russians to the Dressing Station at the
Kwantei Temple on July 4”
[page 112]

“Russian Red Cross Soldier Wounded at Motien Pass”
[page 113]

“Russian Warships in the Harbor at Port Arthur Just Before
the Outbreak of War”
[page 136]

“A Disheartened Japanese Spy and his Quizzical Russian Captors”
[page 156]

“Russian Infantry in the Trenches on a Hot Day”
[page 162]

“In the Russian Trenches During the Fighting at Taling”
[page 176]

“Burying Japanese and Russian Dead Together Outside Liao-Yang”
[page 180]

“Dead Japanese in the Trenches on
September Fourth”
[page 180]

“Punishment of Chinese Caught Looting in Liao-Yang”
[page 186]

“Attaches and Correspondents with General Kuroki’s
First Army Corps at Feng-Wang-Cheng”
[page 200]

“One of the Shells Beginning its Long Flight Toward Port Arthur”
[page 219]

“Five-hundred-pound Shells Waiting to be Hurled into Port Arthur”
[page 221]

“General Nogi and his Staff, the Conquerors of Port Arthur”
[page 226]

“The Price of Victory - Part of the Japanese Dead
Lying on the 203-meter Hill”
[page 233]

“Russian Dead Awaiting Burial in the Outskirts of Port Arthur”
[page 234]

“Convalescent Wounded Russian Soldiers and their Japanese
Nurses and Doctors at Matsuyama”
[page 242]

Russian Warships in the Harbor at Port Arthur Just Before the Outbreak of War page 136, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

A Disheartened Japanese Spy and his Quizzical Russian Captors page 156, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

Russian Infantry in the Trenches on a Hot Day page 162, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

In the Russian Trenches During the Fighting at Taling page 176, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

Burying Japanese and Russian Dead Together Outside Liao-Yang page 180, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

Dead Japanese in the Trenches on September Fourth page 180, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

Punishment of Chinese Caught Looting in Liao-Yang page 186, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

Attaches and Correspondents with General Kuroki’s First Army Corps at Feng-Wang-Cheng page 200, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

One of the Shells Beginning its Long Flight Toward Port Arthur page 219, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

Five-hundred-pound Shells Waiting to be Hurled into Port Arthur page 221, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

General Nogi and his Staff, the Conquerors of Port Arthur page 226, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

The Price of Victory - Part of the Japanese Dead Lying on the 203-meter Hill page 233, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

Russian Dead Awaiting Burial in the Outskirts of Port Arthur page 234, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

>Convalescent Wounded Russian Soldiers and their Japanese Nurses and Doctors at Matsuyama page 242 A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

[2000.72a-f]
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection at
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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