Obon Festival

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PARTNER

Oregon Nikkei Endowment
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OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-183 (ONLC 3007)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Black and white photographic negative of a large seated crowd. Obon dancers crouched on the sideline. First crouched man on left side is Nobi Saito, first seated man from left is Tom Shigeto Tamiyasu. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community. This image was taken at Holladay Park in Portland, Oregon.

DATE

1948-1954

LOCATION

Portland, Oregon

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

TOPICS

FACILITY

CREATORS

PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS

CONTRIBUTOR

Oregon Nikkei Endowment; Portland, Oregon

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Oregon Nikkei Endowment

RIGHTS

2 Files

Mezzanine ddr-one-1-183-mezzanine-3e2cae0dba - Negative
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Master ddr-one-1-183-master-fb1e011db2 - Negative
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-183-master-fb1e011db2/
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