Methodist Banquet

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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ddr-one-1-344 (ONLC 3162)

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

Black and white photographic negative of guests at a banquet held inside a church. Guest seated along right side of table in foreground from left to right: May (Ebihara) Gelfand, Rose Namba, unidentified, Loretta (Fujii) Kaneko, unidentified, Betty Ishida, and Jayne (Katada) Furukawa. All other guests unidentified. Sign behind the pulpit reads: "Just a Happy Smile: Smile, smile, Christians, we must smile. Smile, smile, just a happy smile. When the sky is gray, then sing away. And smile, smile, smile." This may have been a banquet in relation to the Northwest Methodist Rally.

1948-1954

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon

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