China Old Hand Tinted Postcard Port Arthur Locomotive Train Ljaojan Station Rail

Vintage Chinese Old Colour Hand Tinted Picture Postcard, China Manchuria, Manchukuo. Railroad, A Locomotive Steam Train approaching Ljao Jan Ljaojan Railway Station. 旅順火車站.

Publisher: The Empire Series London W.C.
Series No: 12
Faults: Minor crease at top, lower right and lower left, marks
Background: Port Arthur, on the Liaotung peninsula in the south of Russian-occupied Manchuria, had been fortified into a major naval base by the Russians. The Japanese needed to control the sea in order to fight a war on the Asian mainland, so their first military objective was to neutralize the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.

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China Old Hand Tinted Postcard Port Arthur Locomotive Train Ljaojan Station Rail

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