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img Promotional photo for the China Doll Club (ddr-densho-367-44)

Mary Mon Toy is at the top of the stairs in the wide-brimmed hat. This photo appeared in Mirror Magazine accompanied with an article.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-367-44/

doc Scrapbook (ddr-densho-367-146)

Pages from scrapbook and loose material including playbills, programs and clippings related to various night club productions where Mary Mon Toy appeared in Canada and the U.S.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-367-146/

img The Tango Belles in "House of Flowers" (ddr-densho-367-131)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-367-131/

img Mary Mon Toy performing during her Vaudeville days (ddr-densho-367-70)

Promotional photo of Mary Mon Toy during her Vaudeville touring up and down the East Coast.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-367-70/

img Group shot of the show girls at the China Doll Club (ddr-densho-367-47)

Mary Mon Toy is in the back row, third from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-367-47/

img Mary Mon Toy in a costume fitting for "House of Flowers" (ddr-densho-367-123)

"House of Flowers" played on Broadway at the Alvin Theater. Mary Mon Toy was one of the Tango Girls.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-367-123/

doc Program for "Cherie de Paree" at the Latin Quarter (ddr-densho-367-97)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-367-97/

img Two soldiers make silly faces (ddr-densho-451-40)

Written on verso: Taken on excursion around the ile [sic] of Capri, USO Entertainers, April 9, 1946, Clawns [sic] aren't they, Al and Lila.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-451-40/

doc Satoko Sugiyama Furuichi Remembers (ddr-ajah-3-319)

Document with photo and narrative from Satoko Sugiyama Furuichi. Caption above photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., stageshow entertainment. Backdrop screen painted by Shigeru Yamamoto. Circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-319/

img Three people on stage in costume (ddr-ajah-3-318)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage during the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-318/

img Six girls on stage in costume (ddr-ajah-3-322)

Caption below photo: Senda Kawaiya, Entertainment on stage during the BTOA Obon. July 1954. Backdrop screen painted by Shigeru Yamamoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-322/

img Group of women performing on stage (ddr-ajah-3-328)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-328/

img Three people on stage in costume (ddr-ajah-3-317)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage during the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-317/

img Group of women performing on stage (ddr-ajah-3-327)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-327/

img Two girls performing in costume (ddr-ajah-3-329)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA stage entertainment circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-329/

img Women in kimonos performing at Parks Air Force Base (ddr-ajah-3-247)

Caption below photo: L to R: Satoko Sugiyama Furuichi, Kiyomi Sugiyama Uyeda, Jean Hattori Howard, Kiyoko Sato Masuda, Atsuko Sugiyama Taniguchi. Alameda Japanese young women from the Buddhist Temple entertain the men at Parks Air Force Base in Dublin, CA in August 1954

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-247/

img Man kneeling on stage (ddr-ajah-3-316)

Caption below photo: The sign written in Japanese says "NOTICE: If you want to pass here, you have to do a skit. (or You can't pass here without doing a skit) Alameda Buddhist Church Branch Office" Entertainment on stage at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, Circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-316/

img Group performing on stage (ddr-ajah-3-323)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage during the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-323/

img Five girls on stage in costume (ddr-ajah-3-321)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s. Backdrop screen painted by Shigeru Yamamoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-321/

img Five young women in costume (ddr-ajah-3-332)

Caption below photo: Classical Fujima Dance Class. The young ladies danced to "Shina no Yoru" Entertainment on stage at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda CA, circa 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-332/

img Three girls in costume (ddr-ajah-3-330)

Caption below photo: L to R: Misao Sato, Patty Nakano and Nancy Okamoto perform on stage at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa early 1950s. Misao was born at Gila River incarceration camp in November 1944.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-330/