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[Party for Japanese minesweepers at Japanese Consul General's house, Pasadena, California, October 26, 1956]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1956
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.373
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Group portrait of Japanese and Caucasian men and women gathered for party welcoming and thanking Japanese minesweepers at the Japanese Consul General Shigeru Nakamura's house in Pasadena, California, October 26, 1956. Eight women sit in chairs and couches in front row; large group of predominantly men, some in uniform, stand in back. Chairs in foreground. Curtained window in background, left; folding screen in background, center. People identified (L to R): standing, James Watamura, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California member; Consul General Shigeru Nakamura (7th from left); Mr. Ogura (4th from right); Ikeda, JCC member (2nd from right).
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