Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Pioneers Of Two Races Honored In Nisei Fete." Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 1935: A1 This photograph was taken during a banquet held to honor Japanese pioneers during the Nisei Festival. At the banquet, "white pioneers" of the city were accorded places of honor along with Little Tokyo's residents. The first year of the Nisei festival was 1934. The term Nisei was used to signify the second generation, or American-born Japanese who were American citizens. The festival is now [2012] known as Nisei Week. In 1935 the second annual Nisei festival included a banquet, fashion shows, an ondo (folk dance), kendo contests, a pageant tracing Japanese history, flower and tea ceremonies and a parade. Photograph appears with article, "Pioneers Of Two Races Honored In Nisei Fete." Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 1935: A1 Text on negative sleeve: 1634- Aug 22, 1935; Tsuma Uyeda, William A. Spalding, K. Baba, Kiyoma Nakamura, Yataro Takahashi, Joseph Mesmer, Danzo Kiyowara, Clarence H. Matson, Masawo Kawahara; (Nisei Festival) 8/12/35 Text from newspaper caption: Nisei Festival Banquet Honors Japanese-American Old-Timers: The combined ages of these pioneers who were honored at the Nisei festival banquet last night in Kawafuku Care is more that 600 years. Front row, left to right. Mrs. Tsuma Uyeda, 64 years of age, William A. Spalding, 83. K. Baba, 80, and Kiyoma Nakamura, 78. Rear row, Yataro Takahashi, 68; Joseph Mesmer, 79; Danzo Kiyowara, 54; Clarence H. Matson, 64, and Masawo Kawahara, 60. Handwritten on negative: Nisei Festival Banquet
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_9986 ark:/21198/zz002dj56r
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Subject
Banquets--California--Los Angeles Immigrants--Japanese--California--Los Angeles Festivals--California--Los Angeles Nakamura, Kiyoma, b. 1856 or 57 Matson, Clarence H., 1872-1943 Nisei Week (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mesmer, Joseph, 1855-1947 Kiyowara, George Danzo, 1881-1961 Spalding, William Andrew, 1852-1941 Kawafuku (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.) Takahashi, Yataro, 1867-1944 Uyeda, Tsuma, 1871-1960 Kawahara, Masawo, b. 1874 or 75 Baba, K., 1855-1946
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