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[Japanese Silk Fair at Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, February 6, 1955]
[Japanese Silk Fair at Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, February 6, 1955]
[Japanese Silk Fair at Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, February 6, 1955]

[Japanese Silk Fair at Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, February 6, 1955]

Date1956
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.325
Description2 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 3 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Mannequins and women dressed in kimonos and dresses display Japanese silk fabrics in booths draped with silk on walls at the Japanese Silk Fair held at the Statler Hotel Assembly Room in Los Angeles, California, February 6, 1956. Masako Hirano models a kimono in image 5.

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