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George J. Fukumoto and Kikuto Kitajima, first postwar "picture bride" in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

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Title: George J. Fukumoto and Kikuto Kitajima, first postwar "picture bride" in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948
Date Created and/or Issued: December 29, 1948
1948-12-29
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: OLD ORIENTAL CUSTOM -- George J. Fukumoto and Kikuto Kitajima, who will be married tomorrow, look at picture of Miss Kitajima which was sent from Japan. Fukumoto saw it and sent for the woman. Thus she becomes the first postwar "picture bride."
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b54_55367
ark:/21198/zz0002ssbr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Japanese Americans--California--Los Angeles County
People
Japanese Americans--Social life and customs
Mail order brides--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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