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negative, glassine envelope
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Copyright JANM

negative, glassine envelope

Date1939
Mediumplastic, glassine
Dimensions8x10 in.
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka
Object number2007.61.140
Description1 Photographic 8x10 negative : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Safety Film. Image of a large wedding party surrounding a casket in front of Evergreen Crematorium in Los Angeles. Several large flower wreaths are lined up on either side of the casket. At the bottom of the negative in Japanese it reads, “Funeral of Hisako Ike / Tanaka Studio August 14th 1939 at Los Angeles Evergreen crematorium.” One (1) glassine envelope that the negative was stored in reads, “No. 8/14/39 / Name J. Ike by Mr. K. Suzuki. / Retouched 6 8x10 [illegible] B. I.” On the right side of the envelope in Japanese it reads, “Funeral of Hisako Ike.”
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1937
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1937
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1938
JANM Copyright
Tanaka Photo Studio
1936
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1936
JANM Copyright
Tanaka Photo Studio
1940
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1940
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1936

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