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[Kureha Corporation of America opening party at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, June 10, 1970]
[Kureha Corporation of America opening party at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, June 10, 1970]
[Kureha Corporation of America opening party at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, June 10, 1970]

[Kureha Corporation of America opening party at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, June 10, 1970]

Maker (1895 - 1979)
Date1970
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1141
DescriptionKureha Corporation of America held a party at the Music Room at the Biltmore Hotel on the occasion of the opening of Kureha's representative office in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 1970. Includes portrait of six men and one woman standing in Music Room, and of Mr. Saburo Araki, president of Kureha, holding a tube as he talks to two other men in suits, vice president Dr. Omori and vice president Iida, in front of a table display with sign, "Kureha Graphite Fiber has high strength and high modulus, and can be produced very economically." (Published);1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, June 11, 1970, Japanese section.

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