When I came across some slides labeled Thomas Glover's house, I wondered if my mom and her friends had met another old Japan hand in Nagasaki and were invited over for tea or something.So I googled Thomas Glover and learned he was a Scottish trader straight out of a James … [Read more...]
Magasins Reunis in Hanoi
When Ali Swanson guest blogged yesterday, she sent me a couple of images of the old Magasins Reunis building in Hanoi. For the life of me, I couldn't successfully embed the link in the text.So here's one of those images.It was quite a beauty even in black and white … [Read more...]
Guest blog post about HaNoi, 1992
I'm so excited to share with you this guest blog post from the phenomenal Ali Swanson--world traveler, health-care provider extraordinaire, and dear friend. Here she writes about when she lived in Vietnam, long before the US and Vietnam normalized relations. Here's Ali:During … [Read more...]
Picnic at Shinrin Koen, 1964
I came across this image early on in my slide scanning project, but I've often thought back to it 500 slides later.My mom took this photo around Halloween 1964 at her school picnic at Shinrin Koen (which translates into forest park). She'd been teaching at the Nagoya … [Read more...]
One hundred years of the ROC
Today on Facebook my college friend Marissa posted a video of Taipei's New Year's firework extravaganza. It was a proud moment for Taiwan as this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Republic of China.I can only image the festivities on this year's double ten, the official … [Read more...]
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