Oregon Buddhist Church 50th Anniversary Celebration Procession

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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ddr-one-1-54 (ONLC 2828)

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

Color slide of procession past US Custom House in Northwest Portland of women in kimonos or yukatas and men in dark suits. They are followed by Gene Sugimura carrying a purple banner with gold trim and the white emblem of the Wheel of Dharma in the center. From left to right: Janice (Matsunaga) Okamoto, Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Susanne Mineko (Sasaki) Myers, Mable (Maekawa) Ota, Carol (Takeda) Smith, Zenzaburo Ochiai, Tanizo Niiyama, Yoshiko Fujii, and Gene Sugimura.

1953

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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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