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[Rafu Shimpo English section holiday issue cover : Joe Yamagawa]
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1950
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.85
DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of Sergeant Joe Yamagawa, a veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, standing in profile dressed in uniform with rifle and a collage of images intended for Rafu Shimpo's English section holiday issue cover, but was part of a collage inside of cover, Los Angeles, California, December 1950.
1P: Facing right, Yamagawa wears white belt, helmet and ascot with dress uniform; insignia on proper right shoulder above rank stripes. Original image appears to have been flipped.
2P: Collage of images including central image of a woman dressed as an angel under "Peace on Earth" sign from Christamas parade (96.267.86.24_15), Christmas parade sleigh (96.267.86_) at top right corner, Yamagawa portrait (96.267.85_1) at center right, boys' choir at center left, and newspaper headlines at bottom.
;1 photographic print : b&w : 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, December 20, 1950.
1P: Facing right, Yamagawa wears white belt, helmet and ascot with dress uniform; insignia on proper right shoulder above rank stripes. Original image appears to have been flipped.
2P: Collage of images including central image of a woman dressed as an angel under "Peace on Earth" sign from Christamas parade (96.267.86.24_15), Christmas parade sleigh (96.267.86_) at top right corner, Yamagawa portrait (96.267.85_1) at center right, boys' choir at center left, and newspaper headlines at bottom.
;1 photographic print : b&w : 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, December 20, 1950.
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