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![[Mr. Kunizo and Mrs. Emiko Matsuo from Japan at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, June 19, 1958]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8370/preview)
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[Mr. Kunizo and Mrs. Emiko Matsuo from Japan at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, June 19, 1958]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1958
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.632
Description2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, June 19, Japanese section.;Mr. Kunizo and Mrs. Emiko Matsuo of Japan are greeted with a bouquet of flowers at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on their visit to Los Angeles to discuss the 1960 celebration of the 100th anniversary of Japan-United States relations, Los Angeles, California, July 3, 1958. On tarmac next to a DC-7 airplane, a girl in kimono hands a bouquet of roses to a woman in dark kimono in center; man in pinstripe suit and plaid necktie, far right, holds hat in proper right hand; woman in geometric design kimono and eyeglasses stands, far left, holding a handbag. They are identified as Mitsusa Bando, head of the Bando Japanese dance school, and her daughter, Emiko Matsuo and Kunizo Matsuo. Also includes same four people sitting inside a room with four other men in suits with empty chairs and tables in foreground.
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