Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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. 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. Photograph appears with the article, "Pioneers Of Two Races Honored In Nisei Fete." Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 1935: A1 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 Handwritten on negative: Nisei Festival Banquet 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.
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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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No linguistic content
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Banquets--California--Los Angeles Immigrants--Japanese--California--Los Angeles Festivals--California--Los Angeles Matson, Clarence H., 1872-1943 Baba, K., 1855-1946 Takahashi, Yataro, 1867-1944 Nakamura, Kiyoma, b. 1856 or 57 Nisei Week (Los Angeles, Calif.) Uyeda, Tsuma, 1871-1960 Kawafuku (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.) Spalding, William Andrew, 1852-1941 Mesmer, Joseph, 1855-1947 Kiyowara, George Danzo, 1881-1961 Kawahara, Masawo, b. 1874 or 75
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