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[Swearing in Tetsujiro Nakamura as Commissioner of Community Redevelopment Agency Board in Mayor's office at Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California, March 25, 1970]
[Swearing in Tetsujiro Nakamura as Commissioner of Community Redevelopment Agency Board in Mayor's office at Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California, March 25, 1970]
[Swearing in Tetsujiro Nakamura as Commissioner of Community Redevelopment Agency Board in Mayor's office at Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California, March 25, 1970]

[Swearing in Tetsujiro Nakamura as Commissioner of Community Redevelopment Agency Board in Mayor's office at Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California, March 25, 1970]

Maker (1895 - 1979)
Date1970
DimensionsNeg Type: 120.00 mm
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1126
Description1 photogrphic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 3 negatives : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, March 26, 1970.;City Clerk Rex Layton swears in Tetsujiro Nakamura as Commissioner of Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board while Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty looks on in his office in Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California, March 25, 1970.
1P and 2N: Tall Japanese man in eyeglasses raises right hand as he takes oath from tall Caucasian man at right holding an open book and raising his proper right hand in front of the City of Los Angeles emblem and curtains. Smiling Caucasian man, Yorty, stands in center in dark suit; tall Caucasian man in plaid, Z. Wayne Griffin, CRA representative, stands at far left. (Published)
3N: Mayor Yorty posing with two Caucasian boys and two Japanese and Caucasian girls in office. One boy holds a scroll.
4N: Mayor Yorty stands between Sharon Munemura, a young Japanese woman with long hair, and Caucasian woman in office. Munemura is the queen of the All City Employees Association (ACEA). (Published)

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