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negative, glassine envelope
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negative, glassine envelope

Date1937
Mediumplastic, glassine
Dimensions8x10 in.
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka
Object number2007.61.175
Description1 Photographic 8x10 negative : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Nitrate Film. Image of a funeral party gathered around a casket outside of Evergreen Cemetery. Several large flower wreaths surround the casket. At the bottom of the negative in Japanese it reads, “Funeral of the late Arata Sakamoto / October 23rd 1937 taken at Evergreen Crematorium Los Angeles California.” One (1) glassine envelope that the negative was stored in reads, “Oct. 23 1937 / Name [illegible] M. K. Iseri.” On the right side of the envelope is handwritten Japanese kanji.
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Tanaka Photo Studio
1938
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Tanaka Photo Studio
1937
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1939
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Tanaka Photo Studio
1940
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1936
Copyright JANM
Tanaka Photo Studio
1936
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Tanaka Photo Studio
1936

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