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1904-09-08 front Japanese arranging decoy lights (1)

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A postcard sent from Nellie Mildred "Helen" Claxton to Edgar "Ted" Claxton when they were courting, written on the back in their private cipher. Showing the Russo-Japanese war: The Japanese arranging decoy lights before Port Arthur.

Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) was a military conflict in which a victorious Japan forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policy in East Asia, thereby becoming the first Asian power in modern times to defeat a European power.

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claxton encoded postcard collection 1904 09 claxton postcard collection artworks melton prior russo japanese war in art postcards high resolution ship harbor russo japanese war 1904 1905 russo japanese war port arthur russian empire
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08/09/1904
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Scan of original postcard in my possession
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claxton encoded postcard collection 1904 09 claxton postcard collection artworks melton prior russo japanese war in art postcards high resolution ship harbor russo japanese war 1904 1905 russo japanese war port arthur russian empire