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Ben Ogomori making 50 foot poster in Japanese calligraphy as Nisei Week queen contestants watch in Los Angeles, Calif., 1970

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Title: Ben Ogomori making 50 foot poster in Japanese calligraphy as Nisei Week queen contestants watch in Los Angeles, Calif., 1970
Contributor: Cormier, Don
Date Created and/or Issued: August 11, 1970
1970-08-11
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: WRITING' AN INVITATION--Using a 45-pound nylon brush, Ben Ogomori works on huge poster inviting the public to the Nisei Week Festival that began Monday. The poster, 12 feet wide and 50 feet long, will hang from City Hall. Girls at left are queen contestants.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b659_264673-2
ark:/21198/zz0002w3k2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Women--Clothing & dress--California--Los Angeles--1960-1970
Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles County
Japanese American women--California--Los Angeles County
Culture
Kimonos--California--Los Angeles
Nisei Week (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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