A Photographic Record of the
Russo-Japanese War
Edited by James H. Hare
1905, PF Collier & Son, New York

The photographs that follow all appear in this densely illustrated 256-page volume published in 1905, the second and last year of the Russo-Japanese War. This is an excellent representative sample of the type of war photos that enjoyed wide circulation in the United States, England, Europe, and Japan as advanced technologies made mass reproduction of such images feasible.
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“Tikoku Banzai!”–“Long Live the Empire!” page 30, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“Tikoku Banzai!”–“Long Live the Empire!”
[page 30]
“With the Russian Army on its March to the Front” page 45, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“The Night Landing of the Japanese Troops at Chemuplo”
[page 35]
“Twenty-Third Artillery Brigade About to Leave Gatchina for the Front” page 51, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“With the Russian Army on its March to the Front”
[page 45]
“Twenty-Third Artillery Brigade About to Leave Gatchina for the Front”
[page 51]
“The Night Landing of the Japanese Troops at Chemuplo” page 35, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York“Japanese Burying a Russian Captain with Military Honors at Antung” page 89, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“Japanese Burying a Russian Captain with Military Honors at Antung”
[page 89]
“English Nurses Sent by the Queen to Inspect the Workings of the Japanese Red Cross” page 93, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“English Nurses Sent by the Queen to Inspect the Workings
of the Japanese Red Cross” [page 93]
“Shinto Ceremony Held by the Japanese in Honor of Those Who Fell at the Yalu” page 94, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“Shinto Ceremony Held by the Japanese in Honor of
Those Who Fell at the Yalu” [page 94]
“Japanese Visiting Russian Graves at the Feng-Wang-Cheng” page 99, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“Japanese Visiting Russian Graves at the Feng-Wang-Cheng”
[page 99]
“Bringing Wounded Russians to the Dressing Station at the Kwantei Temple on July 4” page 112, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“Bringing Wounded Russians to the Dressing Station at the
Kwantei Temple on July 4” [page 112]
“Russian Red Cross Soldier Wounded at Motien Pass” page 113, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
“Russian Red Cross Soldier Wounded at Motien Pass”
[page 113]
“Russian Warships in the Harbor at Port Arthur Just Before
the Outbreak of War” [page 136]
“A Disheartened Japanese Spy and his Quizzical Russian Captors”
[page 156]
“Russian Infantry in the Trenches on a Hot Day”
[page 162]
“In the Russian Trenches During the Fighting at Taling”
[page 176]
“Burying Japanese and Russian Dead Together Outside Liao-Yang”
[page 180]
“Dead Japanese in the Trenches on
September Fourth” [page 180]
“Punishment of Chinese Caught Looting in Liao-Yang”
[page 186]
“Attaches and Correspondents with General Kuroki’s
First Army Corps at Feng-Wang-Cheng” [page 200]
“One of the Shells Beginning its Long Flight Toward Port Arthur”
[page 219]
“Five-hundred-pound Shells Waiting to be Hurled into Port Arthur”
[page 221]
“General Nogi and his Staff, the Conquerors of Port Arthur”
[page 226]
“The Price of Victory - Part of the Japanese Dead
Lying on the 203-meter Hill” [page 233]
“Russian Dead Awaiting Burial in the Outskirts of Port Arthur”
[page 234]
“Convalescent Wounded Russian Soldiers and their Japanese
Nurses and Doctors at Matsuyama” [page 242]
“Russian Warships in the Harbor at Port Arthur Just Before the Outbreak of War” page 136, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “A Disheartened Japanese Spy and his Quizzical Russian Captors” page 156, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “Russian Infantry in the Trenches on a Hot Day” page 162, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “In the Russian Trenches During the Fighting at Taling” page 176, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “Burying Japanese and Russian Dead Together Outside Liao-Yang” page 180, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “Dead Japanese in the Trenches on September Fourth” page 180, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “Punishment of Chinese Caught Looting in Liao-Yang” page 186, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “Attaches and Correspondents with General Kuroki’s First Army Corps at Feng-Wang-Cheng” page 200, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “One of the Shells Beginning its Long Flight Toward Port Arthur” page 219, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “Five-hundred-pound Shells Waiting to be Hurled into Port Arthur” page 221, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “General Nogi and his Staff, the Conquerors of Port Arthur” page 226, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “The Price of Victory - Part of the Japanese Dead Lying on the 203-meter Hill” page 233, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York “Russian Dead Awaiting Burial in the Outskirts of Port Arthur” page 234, A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York >“Convalescent Wounded Russian Soldiers and their Japanese Nurses and Doctors at Matsuyama” page 242 A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, Edited by James H. Hare 1905, PF Collier & Son, New York
Selections from: A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, edited by James H. Hare (1905: PF Collier & Son, New York)

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