I took this in 1961 with a Petri 35 MM. According to the security present, Hirohito was somewhere on the grounds and it was my wish to catch a snapshot of him studying a flower or some blooming thing. It did not happen and the rest of the afternoon was spent wandering aroung the grounds. Although the security was lax, the guards were not thrilled that I was getting a bit too close to the Emperor's private garden. If only I had brought along a zoom lens, I would have captured some better photos. Someone with me pointed at a window and said, "there's his wife." I was too late to catch a glimpse of the Emperor's wife. Please check out my blog, BLOGABOUTJAPAN, for more vintage photos.
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THE OLD PIER ON EASTERN SHORES
"Abandoned by owner in late 50s, it remained a Romantic spot for years..."
TRIBUTE TO ABANDONED AUTOS
THANKS TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
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AUTUMN IN THE MIDWEST
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About Me
- HUFFSTUTTER'S PHOTO ESSAYS
- My dad's dad, my grandfather, was nine years old when President Lincoln died from an assassin's bullet. Most people think I am speaking of my GREAT GRANDFATHER. NO, I am referring to my dad's father, my paternal Grandfather, Robert Levi Huffstutter, born in 1856. What does this information have to do with my profile? It might help the reader understand that I have a sense of being much older than I am in that only one generation seperates me from President Lincoln. This causes me to respond differently to society and many current events. In many respects, this is to my benefit, in other respects it dates my mindset. Perhaps this is the reason I value the moral standards and idealogies of older Americans, the men who were the soldiers and sailors I saw when I was a small boy,the men and women who fought a war for freedom without any doubts posted by a media with a questionable lack of national unity and purpose.
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