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[Japan Air Lines jumbo jet at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1970]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Date1970
DimensionsNeg Type: 120.00 mm
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1140
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, June 6, 1970.;Introduction of the new Japan Air Lines (JAL) 747 jumbo jet at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1970. Includes five men and women standing in front of jet, and ribbon cutting ceremony with Consul General of Japan Kanji Takasugi, airport manager John Meller and JAL Amercan region vice president Shigeo Kameda holding oversized scissors cutting ribbon held by two stewardesses and two hostesses in kimono, Mariko Eguchi, Akiko Takahashi, Kazuyo Kashima and Akemi Uchiyama, in front of at torii leading to jet (Published).
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