Nisei festival queens pose with flowers in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1953

Item Overview

Title: Nisei festival queens pose with flowers in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1953
Date Created: 1953
Date: 1953
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description: "Nisei" are the second-generation Japanese Americans who founded the annual festival in 1934 to attract business to the Little Tokyo area and promote goodwill in Los Angeles.
Photographed are Jeanne Inouyi, Ruth Fujimoto, Sandy Sugita, Marge Murumota, and Jeanne Yokota.

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Extent: 1 photograph

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Culture
Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles
Ethnic festivals
Japanese American women

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