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[Japan night at Dodger stadium, Los Angeles, California, April 12, 1962]
[Japan night at Dodger stadium, Los Angeles, California, April 12, 1962]
[Japan night at Dodger stadium, Los Angeles, California, April 12, 1962]

[Japan night at Dodger stadium, Los Angeles, California, April 12, 1962]

Date1962
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.763
Description5 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 5 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, April 13, 1962.;Japan night at Los Angeles Dodger stadium in Los Angeles, California, April 12, 1962.
1P and 6N. Matao Uriu, Consul General of Japan, in double-breasted suit and Kay O'Malley, wife of Dodger owner Walter O'Malley, in hanten.
2P and 7N. Edwin "Duke" Snider in Dodger uniform and Consul General Kiryu hold a baseball homeplate, "to Los Angeles Dodgers from Nagoya Chunichi Dragons, April 12 1962."
3P and 8N. Nisei Week queen Dianne Kubota in kimono and tiara presenting a bouquet of carnations to Kay O'Malley as Sotaro Suzuki, dean of Japanese baseball stands at right; Color guard in background..
4P and 9N. Group of people stand on baseball field in a line as a man speaks into microphone, right; women in kimono stand amongst them. Identified: Duke Snider; Color Guard composed of 442nd veterans including Toy Kanagae (holding flag); Consul General Uriu in front of flags; Kay O'Malley; Victor Ikeda, JCC representative (3rd from right); Jim Higashi, JACL representative (2nd from right); and Eiji Tanabe, Japanese American community representative speaking to audience.
5P and 10N. Ondo dance performed by Fujima Kunsuma's students. Woman in kimono bows in front of a row of 25 dancers wearing hats and kimono bowing to audience. Dodgers insignia on ground, right.

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