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[Josephine Baker collecting clothing for Japanese American babies, Los Angeles, California, June 1952]
Maker
Miyatake, Archie
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Date1952
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.166
DescriptionJosephine Baker and another woman hold up children's clothing next to an a sign, "Bundles! Help!! Help!!! Josephine Baker World Cultural Society, Send Bundles to Japanese American Babies," in the basement of a Christian church South Central Avenue in Los Angeles, California, June 1952. Dressed in a white blouse and dark skirt, smiling Baker sits on floor at left holding up a child's overalls. Another woman sits at far right;2 photographic prints : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
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