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Negative, glassine envelope, card
JANM Copyright
JANM Copyright

Negative, glassine envelope, card

Date1936
Mediumplastic, glassine, paper
Dimensions8x10 in.
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka
Object number2007.61.31
Description1 photographic 8x10 negative : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Safety Film. Four men stand in a large, covered carnation farm, three of the men hold bouquets of the cut flowers. In the bottom left corner is written “Tanaka Photo Studio / LA.” In the bottom right corner it reads, “The Carnation Section / Sunland Park Flower Garden / (In Japanese) Adachi Flower Garden / January 21, 1936.” One glassine envelope which the negative was stored in reads, “No Jan 21 - 1936 / Name Ren Adachi.”

One Christmas card printed in green and red depicting flowers and two people sitting in front of a fireplace that reads, “Christmas Greetings / Wishing you all happiness for Christmas and the New Year.” On the back of the card the handwritten note reads, “The Carnation Section / Sunland Park Flower / garden / (in Japanese) Adachi Flower Garden / January 21 1936”

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