Japan -- women vote – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Japan -- women vote, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Japan -- women vote
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Japanese women had no vote in national elections until April 1946, when the reforms imposed during the American occupation took effect and women cast ballots in a national election for the first time. The record gives only the title "Japan -- women vote" and no date, so the exact occasion is uncertain, though the wording points to that landmark election. The negative came from the Bain News Service, a New York wire photo agency that sent pictures like this to newspapers across the country, so it was likely made to show American readers a symbolic change in Japanese public life.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 8,885 × 6,419 px · prints to 30 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-35332 |
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