Early Japanese postcard showing a Japanese palm reader with his client in Yokohama, Japan.
The image is captioned:
No. 783. A Japanese Palm Reader, and His Client.
Photographed and published by Karl Lewis.
No. 136-D, Honmura Road, Yokohama, Japan.
- Photographer / Publisher: Karl Lewis
- Location: Yokohama, Japan
- Date: 1904
- Subject: Japanese palm reader / fortune telling
- Postal status: Used
- Postmark / marking: Yokohama, Japan, October 28, 1904
- Postage: Multiple Japanese postage stamps remain attached
- Destination: F. W. Bender, First National Bank Building, Hoboken, New Jersey
- Era: Undivided Back Era
- Standard-size early postcard
Condition shows expected wear from age and postal use, including corner and edge wear, light toning, surface marks and a small corner crease/bend. Please examine the photos carefully for condition.
An appealing early Japanese postal-history postcard combining a Karl Lewis photograph, occupational subject matter, Yokohama postal history and original Japanese postage.
