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Date1950s
Object Namescrapbook
Mediumpaper
Dimensions16 1/2 x 18 3/8 x 2 in. (41.9 x 46.7 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of the Japanese American Citizens League
Object number2000.403.30
DescriptionOne (1) bound black 1950s scrapbook from December 1956 to September 1957 of the Southwest Los Angeles Japanese American Citizens League Chapter. First page after cover, left, includes JACL member cards for personal use, chapter record, national headquarters record, and Pacific Citizen subscription order; right, includes Southwest Los Angeles JACL Chapter's table of organization in family tree format -- includes Kango Kunitsugu (President), Dr. Roy Nishikawa, Mack Hamaguchi, Dick Fujioka, Hana Uno, Tut Yata, Hisashi Morita, Dr. Toru Iura, Roy Iketani (Advisory Staff), Tom Shimzaki (Executive V.P.), Kimi Matsuda (Administrative V.P.), Margaret Ouchi (Correspondent Secretary), Mary Arikawa (Record Secretary), Tats Minami (Treasurer), Lafayette Tanji (Auditor), Historian (Kathy Sugimoto), Roy Iketani (Public Relations V.P.), George Fujita (Membership V.P.), Carl Takamki (Special Events V.P.), Sam Hirasawa (Program V.P.), Terumi Yamaguchi (Social V.P.), Ken Miura (Yearbook Editor), John Miyauchi (Art Editor), Helen Aoki ("Southwesterly" Editor), Kuni Maeno (Photographer), and Lily Orida (Secretary).
Scrapbook features various events hosted by the JACL chapter such as: Box Lunch Social, First Annual Dinner Dance at Scully's on December 16, 1956, Aloha Social at USC YWCA on March 31, 1957, Escapade Dance at Park Manor on April 13, 1957, Easter Egg Hunt at Rancho Cienega Playground on April 21, 1957, "MOQ" and Rock: Meet our Queen Dance... Foozie Fujisawa's Combo at the Aeronautical Institute on July 6, 1957, Paul Togawa Jazz Band at Club Serrano on July 8, 1957, Southwest JACL Picnic at Ladera Park on July 28, 1957, Are You the Secret Nisei? at the Centenary Methodist Church on September 11, 1957. Each section includes photographs and newspaper articles that relate to each event.
Scrapbook features various events hosted by the JACL chapter such as: Box Lunch Social, First Annual Dinner Dance at Scully's on December 16, 1956, Aloha Social at USC YWCA on March 31, 1957, Escapade Dance at Park Manor on April 13, 1957, Easter Egg Hunt at Rancho Cienega Playground on April 21, 1957, "MOQ" and Rock: Meet our Queen Dance... Foozie Fujisawa's Combo at the Aeronautical Institute on July 6, 1957, Paul Togawa Jazz Band at Club Serrano on July 8, 1957, Southwest JACL Picnic at Ladera Park on July 28, 1957, Are You the Secret Nisei? at the Centenary Methodist Church on September 11, 1957. Each section includes photographs and newspaper articles that relate to each event.
![[Fifth bienniel convention of the Pacific Southwest District Council of JACL luncheon at Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California, May 19, 1957]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8175/thumbnail)
![[Installation of JACL officers at 7th annual Los Angeles Coordinating Council social at Old Dixie, Los Angeles, California, January 31, 1959]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8409/thumbnail)
![[Pacific Southwest Japanese American Citizens' League District Council preconvention rally at Riviera Club in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, July 28-29, 1956]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8079/thumbnail)
![[Pacific Southwest District Chapter of the Year award presentation at Japanese American Citizens' League dinner at Hotel Green, Pasadena, California, February 12, 1956]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8036/thumbnail)
![[Installation of new officers of JACL Los Angeles Chapters at Park Manor, Los Angeles, California, January, 25, 1958]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8327/thumbnail)
![[Jockey George Taniguchi receives honorary Southwest Japanese American Citizens' League chapter membership at Centenary Methodist Church, Los Angeles, California, March 6, 1957]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8153/thumbnail)
![[Japanese American Citizens' League chapter of the year award presentation at Thistle Inn, Los Angeles, California, February 10, 1957]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8146/thumbnail)
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![[JACL Christmas Cheer project fund drive kickoff at JACL office, Los Angeles, California, October 20, 1957]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8194/thumbnail)
![[Rose Matsui, East Los Angeles JACL Northwest queen candidate, at Emerald Ball, Los Angeles, California, May 9, 1959]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8422/thumbnail)
![[Southwest Chapter Japanese American Citizens' League mailing certificates to new citizens, California, November 4, 1955]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8008/thumbnail)
![[Seinan Japanese American Citizens' League membership drive, California, September 1, 1955]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7993/thumbnail)