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negative, glassine envelope
Maker
Tanaka Photo Studio
Date1938
Object Namenegative, glassine envelope
Mediumplastic, glassine
Dimensions8x10 in.
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka
Object number2007.61.92
Description1 Photographic 8x10 negative : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Safety Film. A large funeral party and several large flower wreaths surround a casket outside of Evergreen Cemetery. At the bottom of the negative it reads “Funeral Service for the late Tadanari Matsuda / Tanaka Studio L.A. February 3nd 1938 photo taken at Evergreen Crematorium, Southern California Los Angeles.” One glassine envelope that the negative was stored in reads, “No. 2/3/38 / Name [written in Japanese Kanji] / Remarks 12 8x10.” Japanese kanji is handwritten on the right side of the envelope.