1857 Wood Engraving Japanese Women Portrait Shimoda Commodore Perry XGA5 MKP1 Engraver: Direct Photo Engraving Co

Engraver: Direct Photo Engraving Co

This is an original 1925 black and white print ad for the Medusa White Cement from Sandusky Cement Company located in Cleveland

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1857 Wood Engraving Japanese Women Portrait Shimoda Commodore Perry XGA5 MKP1 Engraver: Direct Photo Engraving CoThis is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of Japanese women of Simoda (Shimoda), Japan, from United States Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to the Orient. Between the years of 1852 and 1854, President Millard Filmore ordered United States Navy Commodore Matthew Clabraith Perry to lead a squadron to Japan in order to establish diplomatic relations, open economic trade ports and protect American property and seamen in the