[Takizo Matsumoto and Mr. Tanigawa visit Mayor Bowron, Los Angeles, California, September 20, 1951]

Tani, Jiro
Toyo Miyatake Studio [ bio ]

Description

2 photographic prints : b&w; ; 5 x 7 in.

Photograph of Tanigawa published in Rafu Shimpo, September 21, 1951.

Individual portraits of two men, Takizo Frank Matsumoto under Rafu Shimpo sign in Little Tokyo and Mr. Tanigawa in eyeglasses, Los Angeles, California, September 20, 1951. Both men wear double-breasted suits. "Rafu Shimpo, L.A. Japanese Daily News" on wall in background.

Inscription
Typed on original negative envelope: Matsumoto & Tanigawa Visits Mayor Bowron.

History
Matsumoto, a former Fresno student, attended a San Francisco Peace Conference as a representative of the Japanese Diet and then stopped in Los Angeles on the way over to Hawaii.

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