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[Southwest JACL Nisei Week presentation of Carolyn Kikumura, Nisei Week queen candidate, California, June 25, 1960]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1960
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.709
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, June 25, 1960.;Southwest Japanese American Citizens' League (JACL) presents Carolyn Kikumura, their Nisei Week queen candidate, California, June 25, 1960. Woman in knee-length dress, white gloves and tiara sits in a chair holding a trophy and a bouque of roses; two men in suits and a woman in an evening gown, long white gloves and pearl necklace stand behind her; they are identified (left to right): Jim Higashi, current queen Faith Higurashi, unknown. Includes a portrait of same for people with two Caucasian couples.
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