Florence Denton
PARTNER
Dennis M. Ogawa Nippu Jiji Photograph Collection
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-njpa-1-167 (G50.001)
PARENT COLLECTION
Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin" Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption on reverse: "Meet the American 'Mayor' of Kyoto. Tokyo - Often dubbed the Mayor of Kyoto, Miss Florence Denton, American missionary-school marm, has Japan's ancient capital at her command. Half a century of servicce to Doshisha University of that city has brought her this unique recognition. Miss Denton who came to Japan from Pasadena, California, in 1888, is now retired and lives quietly among the people she loves in a modest home in the compounds . . . the university. To her home has come every American celebrity . . . visits Kyoto, including colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh. Here she stands among the beautiful iris in her lovely Japanese garden."
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
FACILITY
CREATORS
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted