Palos Verdes Gakuen group photo, Palos Verdes, California

Image shows men, women and children in front of a single-story wood structure, home of the Palos Verdes Nihongo Gakuen. Some children are holding miniature national flags of Japan and USA. At left is a basketball backboard and net and a banner in Japanese translated as "Welcome [from] Palos Verdes Gakuen." A banner at right in Japanese is translated, "Welcome [from the] San Pedro Grower's Association." Image stamped with "Tanaka Studio / E. First St. / Los Angeles, CA" at right. Identified from left to right in the front row on ground: Mutsuo Hirose (13th, in suit and tie); third: Sachiko Ashimoto (4th, standing next to a woman holding a baby and wearing a hat); fourth row: Anna Ashimoto (wearing Kimono 3rd), Mildred Kubota (standing left to Mildred); in the back row: Philip Ashimoto (next to the basketball stand, stretching his right arm to the left banner)., Aoto Masakazu (standing close to a banner at right and wearing white shirt and tie). The Palos Verdes Nihongo Gakuen was a Japanese language school established in 1926 in Palos Verdes. It was started with four teachers and eighty students. Students attended the language school on Saturdays during the regular school year and during summer vacation., Library has digital image only, courtesy of Mutsuo Hirose.
Abstract/Description: Image shows men, women and children in front of a single-story wood structure, home of the Palos Verdes Nihongo Gakuen. Some children are holding miniature national flags of Japan and USA. At left is a basketball backboard and net and a banner in Japanese translated as "Welcome [from] Palos Verdes Gakuen." A banner at right in Japanese is translated, "Welcome [from the] San Pedro Grower's Association." Image stamped with "Tanaka Studio / E. First St. / Los Angeles, CA" at right. Identified from left to right in the front row on ground: Mutsuo Hirose (13th, in suit and tie); third: Sachiko Ashimoto (4th, standing next to a woman holding a baby and wearing a hat); fourth row: Anna Ashimoto (wearing Kimono 3rd), Mildred Kubota (standing left to Mildred); in the back row: Philip Ashimoto (next to the basketball stand, stretching his right arm to the left banner)., Aoto Masakazu (standing close to a banner at right and wearing white shirt and tie). The Palos Verdes Nihongo Gakuen was a Japanese language school established in 1926 in Palos Verdes. It was started with four teachers and eighty students. Students attended the language school on Saturdays during the regular school year and during summer vacation.
Subject(s): Masakazu, Aoto
Japanese American women
Japanese Americans
Ashimoto, Anna
Education--Japanese language schools
Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.)
1931-1940
Portraits, Group
Mutsuo Hirose (1928-)
Ashimoto, Sachiko
Kubota, Mildred
Ashimoto, Philip
Title: Palos Verdes Gakuen group photo, Palos Verdes, California.
Name(s): Tanaka Studio, photographer
Type of Resource: still image
Other Date: ca 1932
Physical Form: image/jpeg
Language: jpn
Abstract/Description: Image shows men, women and children in front of a single-story wood structure, home of the Palos Verdes Nihongo Gakuen. Some children are holding miniature national flags of Japan and USA. At left is a basketball backboard and net and a banner in Japanese translated as "Welcome [from] Palos Verdes Gakuen." A banner at right in Japanese is translated, "Welcome [from the] San Pedro Grower's Association." Image stamped with "Tanaka Studio / E. First St. / Los Angeles, CA" at right. Identified from left to right in the front row on ground: Mutsuo Hirose (13th, in suit and tie); third: Sachiko Ashimoto (4th, standing next to a woman holding a baby and wearing a hat); fourth row: Anna Ashimoto (wearing Kimono 3rd), Mildred Kubota (standing left to Mildred); in the back row: Philip Ashimoto (next to the basketball stand, stretching his right arm to the left banner)., Aoto Masakazu (standing close to a banner at right and wearing white shirt and tie). The Palos Verdes Nihongo Gakuen was a Japanese language school established in 1926 in Palos Verdes. It was started with four teachers and eighty students. Students attended the language school on Saturdays during the regular school year and during summer vacation.
Identifier(s): 000043901 (Barcode)
Note(s):

Library has digital image only, courtesy of Mutsuo Hirose.
Subject(s): Masakazu, Aoto
Japanese American women
Japanese Americans
Ashimoto, Anna
Education--Japanese language schools
Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.)
1931-1940
Portraits, Group
Mutsuo Hirose (1928-)
Ashimoto, Sachiko
Kubota, Mildred
Ashimoto, Philip
Held by: Palos Verdes Library District, Peninsula Center Library.
Location: Local History Center
Restrictions on Access: Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District as part of the 40 Families Project. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.
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