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[Installation of Veterans of Foreign Wars Nisei Memorial Post 9938 commander and Auxiliary president at Swally's restaurant, Los Angeles, California, May 28, 1955]
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.509
Description4 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Installation of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Nisei Memorial Post 9938 commander Salem Yagawa and Women's Auxiliary president Mrs. Junko Tanikawa at an installation dinner and dance at Swally's Restaurant in California, May 28, 1955. Includes passing of gavel, oath taking and group portrait. Shobo Doichi passes gavel to Yagawa as William Fujimori and Frank Yamasaki look on; Mrs. Louise Nagawa hands gavel to Tanikawa.
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