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[Japan's healthiest boy and girl attending Japanese Chamber of Commerce meeting at Tokyo Kaikan, Los Angeles, California, January 9, 1964]
[Japan's healthiest boy and girl attending Japanese Chamber of Commerce meeting at Tokyo Kaikan, Los Angeles, California, January 9, 1964]
[Japan's healthiest boy and girl attending Japanese Chamber of Commerce meeting at Tokyo Kaikan, Los Angeles, California, January 9, 1964]

[Japan's healthiest boy and girl attending Japanese Chamber of Commerce meeting at Tokyo Kaikan, Los Angeles, California, January 9, 1964]

Date1964
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.811
Description2 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Japan's healthiest boy and girl, Matsumi Suzuki and Etsuko Takino, respectively, attend a dinner at the first membership meeting of the year for the Japanese Chamber of Commerce (JCC) at the Tokyo Kaikan restaurant in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, January 9, 1964. The twelve year olds toured the United States as child goodwill ambassadors.
1P and 3N: Smiling boy in suit, Suzuki, talks with older man, Katsuma Mukaeda, president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce (JCC). Table covered with white tablecloth and white dishes in foreground. Illustration of bird flying on screen in background.
2P and 4N: Smiling girl in coat with fur collar, Takino, talks with an older balding man in suit and eyeglasses, Gongoro Nakamura of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce (JCC). Table covered with white tablecloth, bottles and white dishes in foreground.

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