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High class Household
As with several of these older cards, because we can’t read the captions (yet), we don’t know what country they represent. This one is clearly either today’s Korea, China, or Japan. So for now, we just list the card under Asia. The card is unused, obviously quite old, and we would agree that the family looks like the English caption says: High class. Grade: 3
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Crossing a gorge
As soon as we know what country this is in, we’ll reassign it. Meanwhile, if those are people up there–and we think they are–we hope they survived the trip. Unused card. Grade: 2
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Distant view of city
We have no idea where this is, and the old caption doesn’t help much. Could be China, could be Korea, could be Japan. Help!! Unused real-photo. Grade: 3
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Home compound
We don’t know where this is. Our first guess would be China, our second guess would be Japan. In any event, it’s definitely northern Asia and there’s no dispute over the atmosphere the real-photo sepia-toned unused card creates. No, there’s no caption. Grade: 3
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Alfresco barber shop
Unused card, clearly a Chinese location but otherwise unidentified as to where. Grade: 3
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Barber shop
We can suppose this unused card’s photo is from a Chinese-speaking country because there are Chinese characters on the calendar, but we’re guessing this is in Southeast Asia somewhere. Grade: 2
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Traditional Performances
We have no idea where this card comes from. It was mailed in Malaysia in 1986, with Malaysian stamp and postmark. The captions are in Japanese, possibly some Chinese, and English. One of these photos is a Suwa Dance, which we associate with India. At least the card is fully international. Grade: 3
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Native Handicrafts (East Malaysia)
We list this unused card under “No Specific Country” because the caption writer decided not to tell. But we know, and can guarantee, that this scene is from East Malaysia (Borneo). Grade: 1
