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[Thomas Abe and families with adoptees from Japan, California, April 19, 1966]
[Thomas Abe and families with adoptees from Japan, California, April 19, 1966]
[Thomas Abe and families with adoptees from Japan, California, April 19, 1966]

[Thomas Abe and families with adoptees from Japan, California, April 19, 1966]

Date1966
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.898
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, April 19, 1966, Japanese section.;Lawyer Thomas Abe sits with two families with adoptees whom he brought from Japan, California, April 19, 1966. A smiling older man in goatee, eyeglasses and plaid jacket sits in center smiling as one couple sits with a little girl with doll at left and another couple sits with infant at right. A boy plays with toys on the ground in foregound. A smiling man in jacket over plaid shirt stands in back. They are identified (left to right): Mr. and Mrs. Onodera, Ume (3 years old), John Emuto (standing), Abe, Mr. and Mrs. Fukushima holding Mayumi (7 months) and Ken (2.5 years old) (on floor).

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