[11th annual Bay District Buddhist conference at Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 27, 1940]

Utsumi Photo

Description

1 photographic print : b&w;

Panoramic group portrait of the Bay District Buddhist conference participants in front of the Academic building of Berkeley High School, Berkeley, California, October 27, 1940. Approximately eight rows of young men and women in suits and dresses pose on the steps and sidewalk in front of three-storey white building with four men in Buddhist vestments seated in front row. Young women and men in suits flank clergy and standing in remaining rows. Two men stand in street at far right. Man in eyeglasses holds fringed banner in back row center, "Berkeley Young Buddhist Association". Two lampposts flank entrance which says, "Berkely High Schol, Academic Building" above door.

Inscription
Printed in white on image, B: 11th Annual Bay District Buddhist Conference at Berkeley, Calif. Oct. 26, 1940. Printed in white on image, BR: Utsumi Photo. Stamped in blue on back, C: Tsuji Photo 'Studio / 814 Franklin Street / Oakland California / Glencourt 5548.

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