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[Nylon drive for war widows, California, November 24, 1954]
[Nylon drive for war widows, California, November 24, 1954]
[Nylon drive for war widows, California, November 24, 1954]

[Nylon drive for war widows, California, November 24, 1954]

Maker
Maker
Date1954
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.226
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, November 24, 1954.;Two Belmont High School students, Merecedes Urbina and Mabel Yamaguchi, help three women, including Esther Hoag and Mrs. Taeko Mitamura, working at a nylon drive for war widows in Japan sponsored by the Pan American Club, November 1954. A Japanese young woman assists a young Caucasian woman at L dump a bagful of nylons into a full box of nylons with sign, "Nylon drive, 1 pair plus 1 penny helps war widows, Nov. 15-Nov. 19, Sponsored by Pan-American Club," as two Japanese and an older Caucasian woman look on. Stuffed animals on table in foreground.
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