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Title
Large group of women sewing, Kyoto, Japan, December 1937
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-12
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photographic postcard of a large group of women sitting on the floor sewing. The women are sitting in rows on the floor of a building. Each one is in a robe sewing cloth. Three women are standing among the others looking at the work that is being completed. Windows line the three walls that are seen in the photo.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m62559 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-223
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62559
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-223.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Women
Hand sewing
General views
Time Period
1937-12
Place
Asia
Japan
inhabited place: Kyoto
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/223 [File]

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