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[Amateur Athletic Union swimming championship, California, July 21, 1955]
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.284
Description11 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, July 22, 1955.;Hawaii Swim Club at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) swimming championship, California, July 21, 1955. Includes Yosh Oyakawa of Hawaii Swim Club receiving medal and being kissed by Esther Williams (neg 8) and Ford Konno signing autographs (neg 2), as well as swimmers starting race and receiving medals, Oyakawa in pool with Caucasian swimmer and outside of pool by himself, Konno in Hawaii sweatshirt posing with other people and talking to the press.
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