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[Tokumatsu Yonemura and Nellie Hessling Yonemura, full-length portrait]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[Tokumatsu Yonemura and Nellie Hessling Yonemura, full-length portrait]

Date1904
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 9 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Walter W. Matsuura
Object number2003.119.1A
DescriptionBlack and white studio portrait of couple, Tokumatsu Yonemura and Nellie Hessling Yonemura. Tokumatsu, an Issei man, stands on the left in a plaid double breasted suit with right arm akimbo holding hat and gloves. He leans agains the back of the chair German American wife Nellie sits in. The young woman is dressed in a long, dark, pleated skirt and victorian collared blouse ; her hat is flat with a feather. The chair has carved animal head armrests. The carpet is patterned. Previously attached to interior of back cover.

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