Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Card, Advertising |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 2023.015 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2023.015.085 |
Scope & Content |
Advertising card for Ohiraya & Co. of Yokohama, Japan. Advertising all kinds of silks and embroideries. The top half is in English on a brown background and the bottom half is in French on a black background. To the right side is an image of a Japanese woman, wearing a kimono, holding an embroidered white cloth. On the back is written: Samples silks, freight=, Insurance=, Duty 35%, c. Obtained as a memento by International Driller, Robert Rawlings who drilled in Sumatra on two contracts between 1880 and 1902 stopping in Japan on his return voyage. |
Extent of Description |
10.7cm x 8.5cm |
Search Terms |
Advertising Card Embroidery International Driller Japan Japanese Women Memento Travel |
People |
Rawlings, Robert |