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[Japanese American Citizens' League of Gardena Issei testimonial banquet, California, June 9, 1955]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.278
Description3 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Publication in Rafu Shimpo, June 10, 1955 and July 23, 1955.;Issei testimonial banquet of the Gardena Japanese American Citizens' League at Western Club, California, June 9, 1955.
1N: Mrs. Aki Tsukahara, newly naturalized citizen of Gardena and active member of the Japanese American Citizens' League, is congratulated by Municipal Court Judge John F. Aiso at testimonial banquet at Western Club. Identified left to right: Paul Koga, naturalization instructor; Dr. Roy M. Nishikawa, national JACL officer; Ken Nakaoka, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1961 commander.
3N: Large group eating and drinking at long tables with white tablecloths and mirrored paneling along walls; deer head mounted on wall right.
1N: Mrs. Aki Tsukahara, newly naturalized citizen of Gardena and active member of the Japanese American Citizens' League, is congratulated by Municipal Court Judge John F. Aiso at testimonial banquet at Western Club. Identified left to right: Paul Koga, naturalization instructor; Dr. Roy M. Nishikawa, national JACL officer; Ken Nakaoka, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1961 commander.
3N: Large group eating and drinking at long tables with white tablecloths and mirrored paneling along walls; deer head mounted on wall right.
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