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[Ephebian award recipients at Federal Court building, California, Los Angeles, January 20, 1955]
[Ephebian award recipients at Federal Court building, California, Los Angeles, January 20, 1955]
[Ephebian award recipients at Federal Court building, California, Los Angeles, January 20, 1955]

[Ephebian award recipients at Federal Court building, California, Los Angeles, January 20, 1955]

Maker (1895 - 1979)
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.473
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, January 25, 1955.;Seven Nisei and Sansei Ephebian award recipients stand with two Caucasian men, in Federal Court judge James M. Carter's courtroom at the Federal Court building, California, January 20, 1955. Most wear suits. American flag at right. They are identified (left to right): George Kubota of Dorsey; Ralph N. Lloyd, president of the Ephebian Society; Mabel Yamamoto of Belmont; Shig Shiwota of Polytechnic; Shiro Tomita of San Fernando; Shirli Nagatomi of Gardena; Carter; June Shintani of Lincoln; and Robert Kato of Garfield.

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