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[Tenth anniversary of Sister City relations between Los Angeles and Nagoya, Japan at the Water & Power building, Los Angeles, California, March 21, 1969]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1969
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1056
DescriptionParty commemorating the tenth anniversary of Sister City relations between Los Angeles and Nagoya, Japan held at the Water & Power building in Los Angeles, California, March 21, 1969. Includes various images of presentation and speeches at head table, Golden Dolphin (Shachi) from Nagoya to Los Angeles, Japanese dance, fashion show, and people attending party, including Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, Consul General of Japan Kanji Takasugi, 1968 Nisei Week Queen Claire Nonoshita.
3N: Mayor Yorty in suit stands with Nisei Week Queen Nonoshita in kimono flanked by three Japanese women and one Caucasian woman at far left. They are identified (left to right): Efelda Singer, Mrs. Kaoru Aihara (hostess), Nonoshita, Yorty, Beverly Hayashida (hostess) and Judy Miyake (hostess). (Published);1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 15 negatives : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, March 22, 1969, Japanese section.
3N: Mayor Yorty in suit stands with Nisei Week Queen Nonoshita in kimono flanked by three Japanese women and one Caucasian woman at far left. They are identified (left to right): Efelda Singer, Mrs. Kaoru Aihara (hostess), Nonoshita, Yorty, Beverly Hayashida (hostess) and Judy Miyake (hostess). (Published);1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 15 negatives : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, March 22, 1969, Japanese section.