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[Mr. and Mrs. Koshiro Endo and four Compton Japanese Language School students, Compton, California]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[Mr. and Mrs. Koshiro Endo and four Compton Japanese Language School students, Compton, California]

Date1900-1960
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 7.125 in, W: 8.75 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Object number97.261.96
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; image 4 x 5.625 in., photo folder 7.125 x 8.75 in.;Portrait of a man and a woman, Mr. and Mrs. Koshiro Endo, and four students of the Compton Japanese Language School, Compton, California. One boy in a suit and three girls in white dresses and shoes are seated in chairs in front of the steps of the school. The boy, far left, holds a trophy in his proper right hand and a diploma in his proper left. One girl in eyeglasses and a bow in her hair holds a diploma in her lap, while the other two girls hold trophies in their proper right hands and diplomas in their proper left. The man, Koshiro Endo, stands behind them on the bottom step in a three-piece suit. The woman, Mrs. Endo, stands next to him on the right in a black dress with a large white bow in front. Entrance to the school in background. Sign to the right of entrance reads in English, "Compton Japanese School" and in Japanese, "Kanputon Gakkou." Photograph is enclose in textured olive horizontal trifold photo folder with gray textured matting.

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