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[Delegates of the Tenth Biennial Japanese-American  Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Conference tour Apollo 11 capsule at North American Rockwell Corporation, Downey, California, October 22, 1969]
[Delegates of the Tenth Biennial Japanese-American Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Conference tour Apollo 11 capsule at North American Rockwell Corporation, Downey, California, October 22, 1969]
[Delegates of the Tenth Biennial Japanese-American  Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Conference tour Apollo 11 capsule at North American Rockwell Corporation, Downey, California, October 22, 1969]

[Delegates of the Tenth Biennial Japanese-American Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Conference tour Apollo 11 capsule at North American Rockwell Corporation, Downey, California, October 22, 1969]

Maker (1895 - 1979)
Date1969
DimensionsNeg Type: 120.00 mm
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1095
Description2 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, October 23, 1969.;Delegates of the Tenth Biennial Japanese-American Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Conference look at the Apollo 11 capsule while touring the North American Rockwell Corporation in Downey, California, October 22, 1969. Includes Nagoya City Mayor Kiyoshi Sugito, and Mike Yamano and George Saiki of Los Angeles who escorted the group.
1P and 4N : Mayor Sugito in light colored suit stands in center of group of twelve men in front of the Apollo 11 space capsule. They are identified (left to right): Kenji Sato, Executive Council of Sapporo Chamber of Commerce; Yamano; Kazuo Miyata, Nagoya City Assembly president; Kikuo Kuki, Mayor of Yokkaichi; Sugito, Kaoru Chuma, Mayor of Osaka; Saiki; Dairoku Kurita, secretary of Nagoya. Another tour group in background.
2P and 3N: Mayor Sugito, Mike Yamano and unknown man, center, stand on platform next to Apollow 11 capsule.

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