Third Annual Oregon Nisei Bowling League Tournament Dance- Seated couple
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-122 (ONLC 2938)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Black and white photographic negative of couples sitting around two tables at the Third Annual Nisei Bowling League Tournament Dance at McElroy's Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. One couple is smiling for the camera. Left to right: Yuri Sasaki, Sam "Pompadour Sam" Sasaki, May Sono, and George Sono. Woman standing in left background is identified as May (Wong) Oka.
DATE
12/07/1952
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
- Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Dance
- Geographic communities -- Oregon -- Portland
- Community activities -- Festivals, celebrations, and holidays
- Community activities -- Sports -- Bowling
- Identity and values -- Nisei
- World War II -- Leaving camp -- "Resettlement"
- World War II -- Leaving camp -- Returning home
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Hirahara, Frank (photographer)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
