[Donation Blood drive for Robert Shimasaki in Hemophilia Bloodmobile, Los Angeles, California, December 21, 1970]

Miyatake, Toyo
Rafu Shimpo [ bio ]
Toyo Miyatake Studio [ bio ]

Description

1 negative : b&w; ; 120 mm.

Published in Rafu Shimpo, December 21, 1970, English section, and December 26, 1970, Japanese section.

Dr. Thomas Noguchi takes the blood pressure of a seated woman during a donation blood drive for Robert Shimasaki in a Hemophilia Foundation Bloodmobile in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, December 21, 1970. Another man in a suit, Sergeant George Koga of the California Oriental Police Society (COPS) and drive sponsor, observes in the background.

Inscription
Typed on original envelope: Blood Drive Donation for Robert Shimaski by George Koga.

History
The blood drive was held to aid a seventeen-year-old hemophiliac, Robert Shimasaki of Monterey Park, California.

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