Images(3)

negative, glassine envelope, receipt

Maker Tanaka Photo Studio

Date1935

Mediumplastic, glassine, paper

Dimensions8x10 in.

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka

Object number2007.61.251

Description4 Photographic 8x10 negatives : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Safety Film. One image of gathering standing outside a house. At the bottom of the negative is a caption written in Japanese. One image of the same gathering inside a house. Four people hold Buddhist prayer beads. One image of the outside of the house and front lawn. Three (3) glassine envelopes that the negatives were stored in. The first reads, “No. 35434 Feb. 22, 1935. / Name Kay S. Kami (interior group) / Order 12 8x10 B.W. / Retouched 3/4/35 6 Reprint.” The second reads, “35435-B Feb. 22/35 / Remarks 8x10 (Group at Garden).” The third reads, “No. 35435 Feb 22 1935 / Kay S. Kami / 6 8x10 (Home).” One negative is stuck inside the third glassine envelope.

One receipt that reads, “12 8x10 / 8 8x10 } 15.00 / 10.00 / Kay S. Kami / Seiichi Kami [in Japanese] / 822 E. Chestnut St, / Glendale, Calif. / [illegible] / Feb 22, 1:30 P.M.”