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![[Ayako Okita receiving Southern California Japanese Women's Society award, Los Angeles, California, March 15, 1958]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8340/preview)
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[Ayako Okita receiving Southern California Japanese Women's Society award, Los Angeles, California, March 15, 1958]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1958
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.608
Description1 photographic print : b&w : 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Dressed in a white blouse and belted skirt, Ayako Okita receives an award from the Southern California Japanese Women's Society inside what appears to be a residence, California, March 15, 1958. The award is clock with three winged figures and a plaque on base, "To Mrs. Ayako Okita, in recognition of your filial devotion, So. Cal. Japanese Women's Society, March 15, 1958." Includes individual portrait with award and a group portrait with several women, a man and a girl.
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