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[Miss Japan with sailor on Miss Universe parade float, Long Beach, California, July 20, 1958]
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Date1958
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.657
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, July 21, 1958.;Tomoko Moritake, Miss Japan, stands on a parade float with a sailor in the official Miss Universe pageant parade on Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach, California, July 1958]. A laughing young Japanese woman in a swimsuit, high heels and a sash stands on a small float with a Caucasian man in white sailor suit and hat. There are railings and a triangular backboard with a crown above "Japan" sign decorated with pennants. Large crowd lines street in background.
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Fukuzaki, Ben
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