Prince and Princess Kaya of Japan pose with Mayor Frank Shaw at Le Grande Station, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Prince and Princess Kaya of Japan pose with Mayor Frank Shaw at Le Grande Station, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

August 28, 1934

Date

1934-08-28

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

In 1934, Prince and Princess Kaya embarked on a 5-day visit to Los Angeles and a seven-month world tour in 1934, visiting the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany. Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938.
Prince and Princess Kaya of Japan pose with Mayor Frank L. Shaw in front of a train at La Grande Station. They are accompanied by Kihuye Matsumura (lady in waiting to Princess Kaya, far left) and Lieut.-Col. Senichi Kushibuchi (aide-de-camp of Prince Kaya, 2nd from left) and possibly Rufus B. von Kleinsmid (President of the University of Southern California, right).

Caption

Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Prince and Princess Kaya of Japan.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Japan, Kaya, Prince and Princess; Shaw, Frank L., Mayor.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

La Grande Station (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kaya, Toshiko
Kushibuchi, Senichi, 1890-1964
Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958
Kaya, Tsunenori, 1900-1978
Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964
Matsumura, Kihuye

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.04726357177930

Latitude

-118.23219180107100

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Princesses--Japan
Princes--Japan
People
Government
International
Arrivals & departures--Japanese--California--Los Angeles
Mayors--California--Los Angeles