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[Aloha to Mayor Poulson, California, June 14, 1955]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.522
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, June 17, 1955.;Deputy Attorney General Robert Fukuda of Hawaii presents a key to Honolulu, "Aloha to Mayor Poulson," on behalf of Honolulu Mayor Neal Shaw Blaisdell to Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson in his office in Los Angeles, California, June 14, 1955. Poulson, a Caucasian man in a dark suit and eyeglasses, sits behind his desk holding onto wooden key and a small lei around key as he looks up at a smiling Japanese American man, right, in a light colored suit and striped necktie. Lei is looped around head of key, "Neal S. Blaisdell, C&C, Hon., Aloha to Mayor N. Poulson." Three flags on stands in background, American, Californian, and City of Los Angeles.
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