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Historic Photo Gallery

The house which was used by 5th Chubei Itoh
A sales agreement that both Chobei and Chubei entered into in 1872
The front of the Benchu shop
Ito Nishi Store (Kawaramachi Osaka; opened in 1886)
Meeting proceedings (from the end of 1904)
Employee’s livery coat with the company emblem (the unified emblem was created in 1908)
Building of C. Itoh & Company’s Head Office (completed in 1915)
Osaka Branch (the second building from the right; 1935). The large black building on the left is the company’s head office building.
Kyoto Branch (1927)
The tailoring area in Kyoto (1921)
Osaka Head Office (1949)
Head Office (circa 1949)
Company emblems in 1949 (designed for Japan and overseas)
Publication of announcing the start of Marubeni on Dec. 1, 1949
The front covers of the 1st to 20th issues of the company newsletter “Marubeni” are designed by Shin Furuya and the 21st to 99th by Ryohei Koiso.
New warehouse in Azuchicho
Company-owned house, Ashiyaso (built in 1954)
Petroleum refining plant (in Peru), for which both Marubeni and Japan Gasoline Company (current JGC Corporation) received orders in 1964
Shiogama Plant of Katakura Chikkarin Co., Ltd. (currently, Katakura & Co-op Agri Corporation) Marubeni took a stake in the fertilizer manufacturer in 1957 to make it an affiliated company.
“Benny Propane” located in Shiogama Port, Miyagi Prefecture, which served as an LPG transshipment station in the 1960s
Nagoya Branch Building (completed in June 1962)
Marubeni Iida’s eight-story Head Office Building (completed in December 1962)
Marubeni Iida U.S. Company (New York) in the 1950s
Festival held in 1958 to commemorate Marubeni’s 100th anniversary
A grain shipment, storage, and export base (U.S.) of Columbia Grain, Inc., which was founded in 1978
Hiratsuka Head Office Plant (in Hiratsuka) of Marubeni Construction Material Lease Co., Ltd., which was founded in 1968
Washer facility of the salt manufacturing company Dampier Salt (in Australia), which was founded in 1967
Inage Family Heights in 1972 (Chiba)
The Tokyo Head Office’s computer center in the 1970s
Tokyo Head Office Building (1972)
Osaka Head Office Building (1986)