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[Rikidozan at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, June 8, 1955]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.277
Description2 photograpic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, June 9, 1955, Japanese section.;Famous Japanese professional wrestler Rikidozan at Kawafuku restaurant in Little Tokyo during his visit to Los Angeles, California, June 8, 1955. Large man with curly hair in patterned dark jacket over collared shirt and light pants eats Japanese food with chopsticks in a booth, and laughs as he stands next to a lantern, statue and bridge-like railing in front of a mural at restaurant.
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