Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. In 1934, Prince and Princess Kaya embarked on a 5-day visit to Los Angeles and a seven-month world tour in 1934, visiting the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany. Frank Lawrence Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was an American politician. In 1933, he successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles. He was re-elected in 1937 but was recalled from office on September 16, 1938. Prince and Princess Kaya of Japan pose with Mayor Frank L. Shaw in front of a train at La Grande Station. They are accompanied by Kihuye Matsumura (lady in waiting to Princess Kaya, far left) and Lieut.-Col. Senichi Kushibuchi (aide-de-camp of Prince Kaya, 2nd from left) and possibly Rufus B. von Kleinsmid (President of the University of Southern California, right). Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Prince and Princess Kaya of Japan. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Japan, Kaya, Prince and Princess; Shaw, Frank L., Mayor.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002547x9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Princesses--Japan Princes--Japan People Government International Arrivals & departures--Japanese--California--Los Angeles La Grande Station (Los Angeles, Calif.) Matsumura, Kihuye Kushibuchi, Senichi, 1890-1964 Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958 Kaya, Tsunenori, 1900-1978 Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964 Kaya, Toshiko
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