photograph

Date1955

Object Namephotograph

Mediumpaper

Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineGift from The Willie Funakoshi Family

Object number2025.38.1

Description1 photographic print : b&w ; Funakoshi, Nishimura and Yano cousins with Walt Disney at Disneyland, during the theme park’s opening week in 1955. Joanne Funakaoshi Maclaren and her younger sister, Kay Funakoshi, are dressed in matching striped dresses. Their cousins, Ronald Yano and Barbara and Dennis Nishimura, are standing with them. All of the children are wearing hats. They are posed in front of the Disneyland Fire Department and there is a fireman on a wagon with a horse. Photograph was taken by Joanne and Kay's father, Willie.