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photograph
Object Namephotograph
DimensionsH: 8. in, W: 10. in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of June Aochi Berk
Object number96.129.41
DescriptionBlack & white glossy photograph of Keiko Takahashi, Miss Japan 1956. She is wearing a one piece swim suit and white heels and standing on a float sponsored by Long Beach Naval Shipyard Employees Assn, Inc. The float features a giant scallop shell with a JAPAN sign above it. Keiko is waving and smiling. An Asian man in dark sailor's uniform is walking alongside the float. There is a crowd of people in the background along the parade route.
Toyo Miyatake Studio
1958
Fukuzaki, Ben
ca. 1943-1955