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Japan 1970 Scrapbook

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  • Description

    1 scrapbbook contraining photographic prints, correspondence and ephemera relating to Sir Edmund Hillary and Lady Louise Hillary's 1970 trip to Japan. Photographs (both black and white and colour) of Sir Edmund Hillary and Lady Louise Hillary on a lecture tour travelling and sightseeing in Japan. Images from Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo. Annotations by Lady Louise Hillary.

    Includes images of visits to different branches of the Japanese Alpine Club as well as images of Expo '70, the first World's Fair held in Japan.

    Ephemera includes printed and hand painted postcards, a selection of business cards from Japan, some have been annotated by Lady Hillary alongside other notes and mementos.

  • Other Id

    16365 (Presto content ID)

    MS-2010-1-811 (Reference Number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Japan 1970 Scrapbook
  • Primary Maker

     Sir Edmund Hillary

  • Date
    1970
  • Physical Description

    1 volume

  • Collection
    Sir Edmund Hillary Archive
  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Related Object Notes
    Photographs and photograph albums relating to Sir Edmund Hillary are held in the Pictorial Collections. PH-2010-4.
  • Is Part Of

    Edmund Hillary - Personal papers

  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Japan Alpine Club, World Fair, Expositions]

  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Credit Line
    Estate of Sir Edmund Hillary, 2008
  • Last Update
    04 Nov 2022
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