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[American Legion presentation of Certificate of achievement to new citizen Katsuma Mukaeda, Los Angeles, California, November 16, 1955]
[American Legion presentation of Certificate of achievement to new citizen Katsuma Mukaeda, Los Angeles, California, November 16, 1955]
[American Legion presentation of Certificate of achievement to new citizen Katsuma Mukaeda, Los Angeles, California, November 16, 1955]

[American Legion presentation of Certificate of achievement to new citizen Katsuma Mukaeda, Los Angeles, California, November 16, 1955]

Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.310
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, November 23, 1955.;Two men representing the American Legion present the first certificate of achievement to new citizens to an older man, Katsuma Mukaeda, Los Angeles, California, November 16, 1955. Municipal Court Judge John F. Aiso stands at left in a dark suit and a "Commodore Perry" garrison cap handing a card to an older man in a suit and eyeglasses standing in center. An older Caucasian man, Fred W. Miller, chairman of American Legion naturalization commission, stands at right in a suit and garrison cap. American flag on pole stands directly in background.

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