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Ben Ogomori making 50 foot poster in Japanese calligraphy as Nisei Week queen contestants watch in Los Angeles, Calif., 1970

Date:: August 11, 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cormier, Don
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ben Ogomori making 50 foot poster in Japanese calligraphy as Nisei Week queen contestants watch in Los Angeles, Calif., 1970

Children from Los Angeles Buddhist Federation in traditional dress walking in Los Angeles Nisei Week parade, 1965

Date:: October 4, 1965
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Children from Los Angeles Buddhist Federation in traditional dress walking in Los Angeles Nisei Week parade, 1965

Color Guard starting the Nisei Week parade in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, 1984

Date:: August 20, 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Keyes, Con
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Color Guard starting the Nisei Week parade in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, 1984

Drummers performing during Nisei Week parade in Los Angeles, 1984

Date:: August 20, 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Keyes, Con
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Drummers performing during Nisei Week parade in Los Angeles, 1984

Four youths engaged in Kendo at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival (Nisei Week), Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The first year of the Nisei festival was 1934. The term Nisei was used to signify the second generation, or American-born Japanese who were American citizens. The festival is now [2012] known as Nisei Week. In 1935 the second annual Nisei festival included a banquet, fashion shows, an ondo (folk dance), kendo contests, a pageant tracing Japanese history, flower and tea ceremonies and a parade.
Date:: August 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Four youths engaged in Kendo at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival (Nisei Week), Los Angeles, 1935

George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival, 1935

Description:: George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing on a stage in traditional Japanese costumes at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival (later, Nisei Week). One wears a silk brocade robe and holds 2 swords (left), one is dressed in a silk brocade shirt and pants and holdis a bow and sword (center), and one is dressed as a samurai in armor and holds a dagger (right).
Date:: July 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival, 1935

Japanese American children (contestants) at annual baby show during Nisei Week Festival in Los Angeles, Calif., 1938

Date:: September 1, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arnott, Andrew Hugh, 1905-1985
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Japanese American children (contestants) at annual baby show during Nisei Week Festival in Los Angeles, Calif., 1938

Japanese girls taking part in traditional Ondo dancing during Nisei Week festivities, Los Angeles, 1961

Date:: August 20, 1961
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Japanese girls taking part in traditional Ondo dancing during Nisei Week festivities, Los Angeles, 1961

Joseph Mesmer, Mary Franklin and Kay Sugahara at the banquet at the Kawafuku Cafe for the 2nd annual Nisei festival, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Joseph Mesmer wears the same suit and award ribbon in a photograph taken at the Nisei festival banquet on 8/13, 1935, published in the Los Angeles Times on 8/14/1936.
Date:: August 13, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Joseph Mesmer, Mary Franklin and Kay Sugahara at the banquet at the Kawafuku Cafe for the 2nd annual Nisei festival, Los Angeles, 1935

Nisei Festival queen contestants watch Ondo Japanese dances, Los Angeles, 1966

Date:: August 11, 1966
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Festival queen contestants watch Ondo Japanese dances, Los Angeles, 1966

Nisei Festival Queen garden party, Los Angeles, 1951

Date:: August 6, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Festival Queen garden party, Los Angeles, 1951

Nisei Festival Week Queen and contest finalists, Los Angeles, 1954

Date:: August 17, 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Festival Week Queen and contest finalists, Los Angeles, 1954

Nisei Festival Week Queen contestants, Los Angeles, 1966

Date:: August 11, 1966
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Festival Week Queen contestants, Los Angeles, 1966

Nisei Festival Week Queen rides in parade through Little Tokyo, Los Angeles 1966, 1966

Date:: August 11, 1966
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Festival Week Queen rides in parade through Little Tokyo, Los Angeles 1966, 1966

Nisei Festival Week Queen speaks with Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, Los Angeles, 1967

Date:: 1967-08-15
August 15, 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Festival Week Queen speaks with Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, Los Angeles, 1967

Nisei Week Festival parade float in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1971

Date:: August 23, 1971
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Week Festival parade float in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1971

Nisei Week Festival parade in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1967

Date:: August 21, 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Week Festival parade in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1967

Nisei Week Festival queen finalists, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1950

Date:: August 14, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Week Festival queen finalists, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1950

Nisei Week Festival Queen, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1950

Date:: August 21, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nisei Week Festival Queen, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1950

Queen and attendants at seventh annual Nisei Week in Los Angeles, 1940

Date:: August 6, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Queen and attendants at seventh annual Nisei Week in Los Angeles, 1940

Sung Lee, Miss Korea, and Naomi Dguchi, Miss Nisei posing with lotus flowers at Lotus Festival in Los Angeles, 1975

Date:: July 18, 1975
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cox, Bruce H.
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sung Lee, Miss Korea, and Naomi Dguchi, Miss Nisei posing with lotus flowers at Lotus Festival in Los Angeles, 1975