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[Thomas Abe and families with five adoptees from Japan, California, April 5, 1968]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1968
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1048
Description3 negatives : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, April 5, 1968, Japanese section.;Lawyer Thomas Abe with families with five adoptees, ages two to five, whom he brought from Japan in United Airlines terminal, California, April 5, 1968. Abe, a smiling older man in goatee, eyeglasses and plaid jacket poses with families.
1N: Group portrait of families with Abe standing in center. Two girls hold balloons.
2N: Abe sits with girl on his lap next to a woman with younger girl holding stuffed bunny. Older couple stand behind them.
3N: Couple with mixed-race boy adoptee. Balding Caucasian man sits back at left next to a Japanese woman holding a curly-haired little boy holding a truck.
1N: Group portrait of families with Abe standing in center. Two girls hold balloons.
2N: Abe sits with girl on his lap next to a woman with younger girl holding stuffed bunny. Older couple stand behind them.
3N: Couple with mixed-race boy adoptee. Balding Caucasian man sits back at left next to a Japanese woman holding a curly-haired little boy holding a truck.
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