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[American Legion awards at Berendo Junior High School, Los Angeles, California, January 18, 1962]
[American Legion awards at Berendo Junior High School, Los Angeles, California, January 18, 1962]
[American Legion awards at Berendo Junior High School, Los Angeles, California, January 18, 1962]

[American Legion awards at Berendo Junior High School, Los Angeles, California, January 18, 1962]

Maker (1895 - 1979)
Date1962
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.753
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, January 19, 1962.;American Legion medalist Jeanne Takaragawa and honorable mention awardees, Lorraine Koyama and Bert Nada, receive American Legion awards from Principal Norma B. Johnson at a special assembly at Berendo Junior High School in Los Angeles, California, January 18, 1962. Takaragawa, girl in white blouse and dark skirt, center, holds a plaque, flanked by a smiling Caucasian woman in patterned dress and necklace. Koyama, a girl in sweater and skirt, left, and Nada, boy in white shirt and black pants, right, hold honorable mention certificates.

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