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Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Photograph included in the Exhibit: "Service, Society and Social Change: Post-War Clubs from the Valley Times Newspaper." Photograph caption dated January 23, 1965 reads, "Roy Murakami, new president of the San Fernando Valley Japanese-American Center in Pacoima, gets a flower pinned on his lapel by pretty Shigemi Matsumoto, Valley Nesei [sic] Week Queen, while ex-Center prexy Fumio Muto, right, looks on. Also at the ceremony last night were, rear row, from left, Mimiko Kumata, San Francisco; Councilman Louis R. Nowell and Hozuhiro Hanayagi, North Hollywood."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Nowell, Louis R San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center--Presidents Celebrations--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles) Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Microphones Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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