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photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1938
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 8 in, W: 10 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Satoru Yoshizato
Object number2003.251.6
Description1 photographic print: b&w ; Sepia colored photo of a group of 18 Japanese and Okinawan men sitting/standing around a table laden with bento box meals. Flower arrangement at the back with picture scroll behind it. The image was taken in San Francisco, it is of a banquet in honor of Koshin Shikiya, who would become the first Governor of Okinawa post-WWII.

Back row: Standing (left ) Mr. Toguchi; ___?___; Mr. Yamashiro; ___?___ ; Mr. Taira
Back row: Standing (right ) Rev. Tamanaha; Seiko Yakahi; Tom Oshiro
Front Row: Seated (left) ___?___; Mr. Yakahi (Seiko's father); Mr. Yamada; ___?___; Mr. Daikusaku
Front Row: Seated (right) Mr. Shikiya (Gov. of Okinawa); ___?___; Mr. Gishifu

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