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[Berendo Junior High School students receive American Legion awards, Los Angeles, California, June 14, 1957]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1957
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.448
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, June 17, 1957.;Six Berendo Junior High School students stand in front of a curtain holding American Legion awards at a special assembly in Los Angeles, California, June 14, 1957. One girl holds a poster of a basket of poppies in front of a white cross, "American Legion Auxiliary, Poppy Day." Two girls and a boy hold certificates. The Sansei are identified (left to right): Dennis Matsuura, American Legion honorable mention; Erino Shimomura, first place American Legion poppy poster contest; Helen Funai, A-9 class president and American Legion award winner; Eileen Tada, second place essay contest; Harriet Nakasone, Lady of Friendship, honorable mention; Mariann Akiyama, student body president.
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Toyo Miyatake Studio
1958
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