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[Nisei Week Coronation Committee at Biltmore Grill, Los Angeles, California, March 22, 1961]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1961
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.725
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Nisei Week Coronation Committee composed of Japanese American Citizens' League (JACL) chapters and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Kazuo Masuka Memorial Post at the Biltmore Grill, Los Angeles, California, March 22, 1961. Thirteen men and women sit around a long table with a white tablecloth and laden with food. A woman sits at the head of the table, facing viewer. Five men in suits sit at left; four men in suits and one woman in sweater sit on right. Empty tables in background. They are identified (left to right): Henry Mori, editor of Rafu Shimpo; Fred Taomaye, Kashu; unknown; Willie Kai; unknown; Akemi Tani; unknown; Bob Hayamizu; Wimp Hiroto, publisher of Crossroad; George Yoshinaga, Kashu; and Junko Maruya, Kashu.
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Toyo Miyatake Studio
1950-1964
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