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Negative, glassine envelope
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Negative, glassine envelope

Date1940
Mediumplastic, glassine
Dimensions8x10 in.
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka
Object number2007.61.42
Description3 Photographic 8x10 negative : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Safety Film. One image of a church congregation of all ages. One image of the older adults. One image of the children and young adults. Japanese kanji is written at the bottom of each photograph. Three glassine envelopes that the negatives were stored in. The first reads, “No. 6/15/40 / Name Church #1 / Order Indio Calif. /Order Finished 6.” The second reads, “No. 6/15/40 / Name Church #3 / Order Indio Calif. /Order Finished 14. ”The third reads, “No. 6/15/40 / Name Church #2 / Order Indio Calif. / Retouched 14.”

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