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negative, glassine envelope, note
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

negative, glassine envelope, note

Date1937
Mediumplastic, glassine, paper
Dimensions8x10 in.
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka
Object number2007.61.143
Description1 Photographic 8x10 negative : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Safety Film.One image of a funeral party in Zenshuji Soto Mission. On display is a memorial tablet and a memorial photograph. Two lines of Japanese Kanji are written at the bottom of the photograph. In the right hand corner of the photograph it reads, “Tanaka Studio / L.A.” One (1) glassine envelope that the negative was stored in reads, “No. OCT 2 - 1937 / Name Ida / Remarks 3 8x10 B.W. $7.50.” One note containing handwritten Japanese.

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