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Nippon (open access)

Nippon

Booklet containing images of some of the geographical, cultural, and industrial features of Japan intended to attract tourists to the country and its territories. The booklet contains information about the Japanese mainland, Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria. Among the subjects included in the photos are Japanese architecture, education, festivals, arts and music, sports and recreational activities, and travel options between locations within the Japanese Empire.
Date: 1939~/1940~
Creator: Japanese Board of Tourist Industry
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Leland L. Flinn, March 6, 1996 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leland L. Flinn, March 6, 1996

Interview with Leland Flinn, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the submarine USS Silversides in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Date: March 6, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Flinn, Leland L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Pavo cristatus in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of Pavo cristatus (White Peacock) in Taipei City, Taiwan. The photograph features the peacock's opened, white, ethereal tail feathers.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pavo cristatus in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of Pavo cristatus (White Peacock) in Taipei City, Taiwan. The photograph features the peacock's opened, white, ethereal tail feathers.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pavo cristatus in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of Pavo cristatus (White Peacock) in Taipei City, Taiwan. The photograph features the peacock's opened, white, ethereal tail feathers.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pelecanus onocrotalus close-up in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Close-up photograph of Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican) in Taipei City, Taiwan. The photograph features the pelican's head and long orange beak. Also visible is the pelican's crest which is made up of a slender array of feathers.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Taiwanese pagoda in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of a three-story Taiwanese pagoda in Taipei City, Taiwan. A white railing surrounds a polygon-shaped structure, both on the first and second levels. Other features are, a traditional decorative overhanging roof and a steeple at the top. In the foreground are several sabal-type palms, and in the background are other buildings, shrubs, and trees.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pelecanus onocrotalus close-up in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Close-up photograph of Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican) in Taipei City, Taiwan. The photograph features the pelican's head and long orange beak while in a resting position.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[National Museum of Taiwan History in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of the exterior view of the National Museum of Taiwan History in Taipei City, Taiwan. The highly decorative building has tall red columns that span two-stories, and between the columns are domed arches. A stone loin-like status sits at the end of the building. In front of the building are two young ladies in sixties attire. Several men are standing under the first arch entry way.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Landscape of a mountain view at Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan]

Landscape photograph of a mountain peak at Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan. In the foreground are the following items: the top of a sparsely leafed tree, a body of water with a narrow strip of terrain, and a coastline at the base of the mountain. In the background is a hazy view of the rugged mountain peak.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sherwin Carlquist in front of a Taiwanese pagoda in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of Sherwin Carlquist standing in front of a multi-story Taiwanese pagoda in Taipei City, Taiwan. Only the first level or base of the pagoda is visible with its red columns, elaborate stone white railing, and traditional overhanging roof. In the foreground is a body of water that surrounds the pagoda and a bridge with white stone railings. In the background are various palm trees and tall shrubs.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Taiwanese pagoda in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of tourists in front of a multi-story Taiwanese pagoda in Taipei City, Taiwan. Only the first two levels of the pagoda are visible with its red columns, elaborate stone white railing, and traditional decorative overhanging roof. In the foreground is a man leaning on the railing with a camera around his neck. Other people and a wooded area are seen in the background.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Taiwanese pagoda in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of a three-story Taiwanese pagoda in Taipei City, Taiwan. A white railing surrounds a polygon-shaped structure, both on the first and second levels. Other features are, a traditional decorative overhanging roof and a steeple at the top. In the foreground are several sabal-type palms, and in the background are other buildings, shrubs, and trees.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified plant in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of an unidentified plant in Taipei City, Taiwan. Multiple thin brown-grayish branches are visible with whorled elliptical leaves and yellow catkin inflorescence at the tip of the branches. The background consists of various sized shrubs.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cunningham close-up in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Close-up photograph of a terminal branch of the confer tree Cunningham in Taipei City, Taiwan. The leaves consist of long needles in a spiral pattern around the stems. Four brownish, oval pine codes are attached at the end of short stems that project from the main branch.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified building in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of an unidentified three-story building in Taipei City, Taiwan. The photograph highlights a building with many windows, flowered balconies, a few bikes, a motor scooter, and a man wearing a Chinese bamboo rattan hat. In the foreground are piles of bamboo poles and bamboo sheets. In the background are two apartment-like buildings and a small dwelling surrounded by small trees.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Funeral paper cut decorations in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of a row of funeral paper cut decorations in Taipei City, Taiwan, standing in front of a building with highly ornamented roof shingles.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oxcart in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of an oxen pulling a flat-bed cart on a street in Taipei City, Taiwan. The cart is stacked high with rows of clay bricks. On top of the bricks is a small round wicker basket. A man wearing a conical-shaped hat, sitting on top of the bricks, is driving the cart. In the background is a row of concrete buildings, and in front of the buildings are piles of rugged stones.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oxcart in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of an oxen pulling a flat-bed cart on a street in Taipei City, Taiwan. The cart is stacked high with rows of clay bricks. A man wearing a conical-shaped hat, sitting on top of the bricks is driving the cart. In the background, a concrete building, clothes hanging on a clothesline, two wood poles, a man holding a bike, and a man looking at the building are visible.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Landscape of forested mountainside in Taiwan]

Landscape of a dim, dense forested mountainside in the province of Taipei in Taiwan. In the foreground, the tree canopies are visible on the edge of the mountain. In the background is a hazy view of a mountain range with tree canopies visible at the top of the mountain.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Taiwanese temple in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of a Chinese-style temple in Taipei City, Taiwan. The temple consists of multiple structures forming a semi-circle. In the foreground you see traditional ornate roof decorations. In the background, several apartment-like buildings and the top of a wooded knoll are visible.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stone sculpture in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of a stone sculpture in Taipei City, Taiwan. The monk-like figure is standing on square blocks with arms folded. In the background is a medium-size shrub with long slender leaves.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sherwin Carlquist in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of Sherwin J. Carlquist and a young woman wearing a bright red and blue traditional Taiwanese dress in Taipei City, Taiwan. They are both holding on to an unidentified pole-like object where the top is a slightly larger cylinder with a tapered tip. The pole rest on a much larger cylinder base. In the background are a group of large boulders which are in front of a long linear leaved shrub and a tall broad-leaf tree. In the background are a body of water and a forested strip of land.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women sitting in a hut in Taipei City, Taiwan]

Photograph of a young lady sitting on the edge of a small hut-like structure in Taipei City, Taiwan. The hut sits on four posts, and is open on all sides. The woman is dressed in colorful traditional Taiwanese clothing and wears a headdress. Two confer trees, and a tall broad-leaf plant with large pinkish flowers are in the background.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History