Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Terminology for Japanese PeopleJack writes more about trains; his travels through Wyoming, the Sierra Nevadas, and California; the weather; his exploration of San Francisco; and how the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) negatively affects ships and shipping. Two pages from another letter (dated over a week later) appear afterwards. He discusses being near Hawaii, ship travel (preferring airplanes), and political tensions between Japan and the US, Japan and...

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Terminology for Chinese People; Reference to Gambling.Jack writes about seeing the battleship, H.M.S. Renown, that was carrying HRH The Prince of Whales [Wales] (later King Edward VIII) on his tour from 1920-1922. His last letter was sent from Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and he had been to Port Said (Egypt). He describes Colombo; his time spent there; his travel plans to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Singapore, and Java (Indonesia); his life aborad the ship,...

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Description of Middle Eastern People; Derogatory Description of German People and Dutch People; Possible Stereotype of Travelling Caravan; Pro-Colonialism.Jack describes travelling through the Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Suez Canal, and Cairo. He also chronicles passing the Tropic of Cancer, Mount Sinai, Port Tewfise (likely Port Tawfiq, Egypt), the Bitter Lakes (along Suez Canal), Ismailiya (Ismailia, Egypt), a caravan (which he states is going to...

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Content Warning: Racist Terminology for Japanese People; Discrimination of Low-Income People; Pro-Colonialism.

Jack writes about the weather, the landscape of Oahu, the ship they are on, and life aboard the ship to Manila. Jack notes the numbers of people from different countries in Hawaii (to which the racist terminology is included), the presence of multiethnic educational institutions, and the large number of automobiles (to which the discriminatory comment is made).

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The newspaper clippings contain details of the S.S. Crook and market price listings of Clyde Terrace Market.

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Descriptions of Singaporean People.Jack writes about waiting for his boat in Singapore, as it is delayed in Hong Kong; the different people that will be on board; future travel plans; servants in Singapore; the market in Singapore; the letters he has received; his emotions about the boat being damaged upon arrival in Singapore; and his plans to take a worktrip to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). He notes his inclusion of the food prices in Singapore (newspaper...

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Jack writes about the cables from Baldwin (his company) in Philadelphia, his work (including time abroad and salary), wanting to go home, his plans to go to Japan and leave from Yokohoma, playing golf in Garoet (Java, Indonesia), taking and sending photographs, and how he is doing.

A telegram is also included addressed to Jack's father.

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Content Warning: Racist Description of Chinese People.

Jack describes his work, races in Bandoeng, his friends, his average day, and gambling (which includes the racist description).

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Possible Racist or Derogratory Description.Jack describes going to Buitenzorg (now Bogor City) and Batavia (both in Indonesia), his work (including the case against Feenstra), his negative feelings about a particular "race" (unclear which), the landscape, the Golf Championship of Java at Semarang (Indonesia), and furture travel plans (including sailing from Yokohama [Japan] to Vancouver, Canada and arriving before his parents leave for Maine). He notes his...

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The photograph is of a man (likely Jack) sitting in engineer's seat at the front of the train in Alor Star (possibly Alor Setar, Malaysia).