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![[Disabled American Veterans presentation of wheelchairs to Keiro Nursing Home, Los Angeles, California, September 13, 1970]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8996/preview)
![[Disabled American Veterans presentation of wheelchairs to Keiro Nursing Home, Los Angeles, California, September 13, 1970]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8996/full)
[Disabled American Veterans presentation of wheelchairs to Keiro Nursing Home, Los Angeles, California, September 13, 1970]
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Date1970
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1161
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, September 16, 1970.;Disabled American Veterans (DAV) present three wheelchairs to Keiro Nursing Home in Los Angeles, California, September 13, 1970. Ten men in suits and overseas caps stand around three wheelchairs in open area outside of one-storey building. They are identified (left to right): Ralph Tanioka of DAV, Sterling Suga of 442nd Veterans Association, Haj Miya of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 9901, Edwin C. Hiroto of Keiro Home administration, Tamo Isozaki of Sadao Munemori Post, Roy Shiraga, president of NVCC, Frank Fujino of DAV, Joe Hironaka of DAV, Bill Yoshihata of VFW 9938, and Yoshiro Shimoda of Perry Post.
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