Japanese Scrapbook 1890s–1970s – Telephones, Radio, Television, NASA Viking, Communication History

Translation (accurate): “A personal archive of Japan’s communication history – from the first telephones to space exploration.”

An exceptional Japanese scrapbook (1890s–1970s) documenting the rise of telecommunication, radio, and broadcasting in Japan.
Created by a former engineer or collector, it includes over 70 pages of newspaper clippings, photos, and diagrams covering telephones, switchboards, NHK broadcasting, and NASA’s Viking 1 Mars landing.

Features early Meiji–Shōwa newspaper typography, diagrams of rotary dial telephones, rare American Bosch car-radio circuit, and a 1954 broadcast tower photo.
Each page is carefully mounted on brown paper — a unique visual timeline of Japan’s modernization.

Size: 30 × 23 cm
Condition: Well preserved for its age, light toning, no odors or major damage.
Date range: ca. 1890s – 1976
Origin: Japan