Shrines

View of Miyajima Gate at the island of Miyajima, Japan.

Postcard of the Blue Mosque, or Shrine of Hazrat Ali, in Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan. It is one of the reputed burial places of Amir Sher Ali Khan.

Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party in the gardens of the Heian Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. Left to right: American Vice Consul James B. Lindsey; Aide to the Ambassador William M. Gibson; Secretary to the Ambassador Vernice Anderson; Ambassador Jessup; Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup; unidentified man; Dr. Charles N. Spinks, Diplomatic Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander Allied Power in Japan; unidentified man; and Major John M. Boag, Kyoto Visitor's Bureau.

American Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party at the entrance to Heian Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. Left to right: Major John M. Boag, Kyoto Visitor's Bureau; James B. Lindsey, American Vice Consul; Dr. Charles M. Spinks, Diplomatic Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Power in Japan; Lois (Mrs. Philip C) Jessup; Miss Vernice Anderson, Secretary to Ambassador Jessup; Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup; William M. Gibson, Ambassador Jessup's aide, and an unidentified man.

American Ambassador-at-large Philip C. Jessup (far right) seen leaving Heian Shrine in Kyoto, Japan with Dr. Charles Spinks (far left) and Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup (second from left). All other individuals are unidentified.

Old Japanese religious shrine located on the south side of the Bukhan-san mountain range in Seoul, South Korea. All photographed individuals are unidentified. This photo was taken while Vernice Anderson traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

Old Japanese religious shrine located on the south side of the Bukhan-san mountain range in Seoul, South Korea. All photographed individuals are unidentified. This photo was taken while Vernice Anderson traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

Peiping, China, Temple of Heaven. Photograph shows arched doorway with several visitors seated and a view of the Temple in the background. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Scenes Near Shrine, in Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Men Near Shrine in Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).