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Object Number 2017.11.2.148
Display Title Toy vendor
Descriptions
Object Description Written on photograph (verso): "Toy vendor, Sendai / April 51 / The woman in the center / has a package / wrapped in a carrying / cloth - used in place / of hand bags - paper / bags are very rare. / These cloths are the / same as scarfs."
Department Photographic
Date April 1951
Artist Dr. George A. Butler
Culture
  • Japanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / Miyagi
Additional Geographic Terms Sendai
Dimensions Overall: 10.795 × 7.9375 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Alan Butler
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alan Butler (7/21/2017)

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