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[Town & Country Shopping Center opening ceremony, Gardena, California, December 9, 1955]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.580
Description7 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, December 12, 1955.;Candid shots of the opening ceremony of the Town & Country Shopping Center constructed by Home State Investment Company in Gardena, California, December 9, 1955. Includes ribbon cutting ceremony with giant scissors; speeches on flatbed truck in front of shopping center; group standing in front of "Realty Insurance Travel Bureau"; and view of two-storey, "modern" U-wing shopping center. Identified people in ribbon cutting ceremony include: Representative Cecil King; Japan Air Lines (JAL) hostess Cathy Asano assisting Japanese Consul General of Los Angeles Shigeru Nakamura with giant scissors; Taul Watanabe, HSIC president; Sandy Hirasawa, JAL hostess; and County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn.
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