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[Installation of American Legion Commodore Perry Post 525 commander and Auxiliary president, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1956]
[Installation of American Legion Commodore Perry Post 525 commander and Auxiliary president, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1956]
[Installation of American Legion Commodore Perry Post 525 commander and Auxiliary president, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1956]

[Installation of American Legion Commodore Perry Post 525 commander and Auxiliary president, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1956]

Maker (1895 - 1979)
Date1956
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.349
Description2 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Prints published in Rafu Shimpo, June 6 and 7, 1956.;Installation of American Legion Commodore Perry Post 525 commander Frank "Match" Kuramoto and Women's Auxiliary president Mrs. Toyoko Yamagata at an installation dinner at San Kwo Low restaurant in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1956. Kuramoto in suit and garrison cap, right, and smiling Yamagata in dress and eyeglasses receive gavels from George Moss, 17th District commander, in a suit and garrison cap, "17th District Calif." Flags in background. Also includes Soichi Fukui, past commander, presenting a bronze vase with bamboo, Mt. Fujii and castle design to Rollins MacFadyen, executive officer of the 17th District, for his outstanding legal assistance and contributions to Post 525; both men wear suits and garrison caps.
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July 22, 1954

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