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[Ribbon cutting ceremony for supermarket at Town and Country Shopping Center, Gardena, California, January 17, 1956]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1956
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.320
Description1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Six Caucasian and Japanese American men in suits cutting ribbon with giant scissors at opening of a supermarket at the Town & Country Shopping Center in Gardena, California, January 17, 1956. Mayor Adams Bolton cuts ribbon held by Caucasian man at far left and developer Taul Watanabe at far right. All men wear suits.
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Nakata, Masahachi
ca. 1924-1926
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