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negative, glassine envelope, clipping, newspaper
negative, glassine envelope, clipping, newspaper
negative, glassine envelope, clipping, newspaper

negative, glassine envelope, clipping, newspaper

Date1937
Mediumplastic, glassine, paper
Dimensions8x10 in.
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka
Object number2007.61.106
Description1 Photographic 8x10 negative : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Safety Film. One image of a funeral party standing behind a coffin surrounded by many large flower wreaths in front of a church. At the bottom center of the negative in Japanese it reads, “Funeral of the late Mitsuko Fukushima / Tanaka Studio L.A March 4th 1937 at Los Angeles Japanese United Church.” One (1) glassine envelope that the negative was stored in reads, “No. MAR 4 - 1937 / Name F. Fukushima / Remarks 12 8x10 B.W.” In the upper right corner of the envelope is handwritten Japanese kanji. One (1) small obituary written in Japanese.

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