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Title: Ralph D. Keown album
Date (inclusive): 1951-1952
Collection Number: 2022C3
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Ralph D. Keown was a private in the United States Army Signal Corps. The Ralph D. Keown album includes 155 photographs of
related to his time in the Southeastern Signal School camp in Camp Gordon, Georgia, as well as photographs depicting scenes
around Tokyo, Japan and other unidentified locations.
Creator:
Keown, Ralph D.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Ralph D. Keown album, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Keown was a private in the United States Army Signal Corps. He was stationed in occupied Japan and worked at the General Headquarters
of the Allied Forces in Tokyo.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes 155 photographs of Camp Gordon, Georgia; Tokyo, Japan; and unidentified locations. The photographs depict scenes around
Tokyo and soldiers in uniform and off-duty on base. There are hand-written annotations throughout the album identifying soldiers
and buildings. Also included in the album: Keown's certificate from "The Southeastern Signal School Camp Gordon, Ga.", dated
August 4, 1951; a color-illustrated certificate, "Domain of the Golden Dragon Ruler of the 180th Meridian"; and a newspaper
article dated May 2, 1952, that shows rioters at the Imperial Palace Plaza.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
Camp Gordon (DeKalb County, Ga.)
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Japan
Photographs
Photograph albums
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. General Headquarters