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Object Number 2017.11.2.127
Display Title Sweet potato shop
Descriptions
Object Description Written on photograph (verso): "Ishinomaki / 11 Nov 51 / Sweet potato shop / "tsuboyaki" / (they sell water-ice (like sno-cone) / in the summer according to / the sign) / The girl almost had hysterics / when I took her picture"
Department Photographic
Date November 11, 1951
Artist Dr. George A. Butler
Culture
  • Japanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / Miyagi
Additional Geographic Terms Ishinomaki
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 × 11.43 cm (3 × 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Alan Butler
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alan Butler (7/21/2017)

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