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![[Shonien receives a generous gift at Clifton's Cafe, Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1957]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8199/preview)
![[Shonien receives a generous gift at Clifton's Cafe, Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1957]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8199/full)
[Shonien receives a generous gift at Clifton's Cafe, Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1957]
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Date1957
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.460
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, December 5, 1957.;Representatives of the Nisei Legal Secretaries Association (NLSA) and Mrs. Parsonas jointly present a $1500 check to Shonien, the Japanese children's orphanage, at Clifton's Cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1957. Two women stand at left, smiling at two men, at right. They are identified (left to right): Mrs. Em Yamada, NLSA secretary; and Mrs. Kumi Shibuya, Mrs. Parsona's representative; Fred Takayama, secretary of the Shonien Board of Directors; and Niisuke Mitsumori, treasurer of the Shonien Board of Directors. Shibuya, wearing a light colored dress and pearls, hands a piece of paper to Takayama in a dark suit in center. Cloth covered tables in background.
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