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Fujin Bunko

Fujin Bunko [Women Collection], November 1946

“Bringing American Life to Tokyo: A Visit to Dependents Housing” showcased the life of a military housewife, Mrs. Hayes, in her new apartment. On the right page, the photographs included a closet full of ironed clothes, a shoe rack hanging on the bedroom door full of colorful shoes, the cupboard, laundry, dresser, and Mrs. Hayes setting the table for tea time. The left page showed Mrs. Hayes and her friend Mrs. Arthur getting ready to go to a party in evening dresses, reading in the afternoon, leaving the apartment building, and heading to the beauty salon in the car.

 

 

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Each year, the staff of Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Maryland creates exhibits that showcase materials from the University's collections. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the official naming of the Gordon W. Prange Collection, this year's featured exhibit is Crossing the Divide: An American Dream Made in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952.  The corresponding physical exhibit of Crossing the Divide will be on display in the Maryland Room Gallery in Hornbake Library North, University of Maryland, through July 2019.

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The Gordon W. Prange Collection is the most comprehensive archive in the world of Japanese print publications issued during the early years of the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949.  It is located in Hornbake Library North on the University of Maryland’s College Park campus.

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