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[Kunsho party at the Statler Hilton, Los Angeles, California, July 12, 1968]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1968
DimensionsNeg Type: 120.00 mm
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1018
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, July 13, 1968.;Man speaks at a podium at the head table at a party honoring recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, or Kunsho (medal) awards, on behalf of the Japanese government to nine Japanese community leaders in the Pacific Ballroom of the Statler Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, July 12, 1968. Consul General of Japan, Toshiro Shimanouchi, sits next to speaker; a Caucasian man wearing eyeglasses sits between two women. Guests sit at round tables in foreground.
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