George Nakamura Photograph Album, circa 1936

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Summary

Creators:
Nakamura, George
Abstract:
Photograph album kept by Sacramento-area student George Nakamura showing him and his friends during what is presumed to be his senior year of high school.
Extent:
1 volume
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], George Nakamura Photograph Album, MC324, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

Photograph album kept by student George Nakamura showing him and his friends during what is presumed to be his senior year of high school. The first few images show several posed group portraits of young Asian-American men taken in front of the high school building, some of them wearing athletic letters. There are many photos of individuals, and though the photos are uncaptioned, some of them are inscribed to George by the subject. One series of photos seems to depict graduation day, with students in gowns and family portraits. One image of a group of young women shows them outside the Hotel Berry, leading us to identify the location of these photos as Sacramento. Farther back in the album is a series of larger, formal graduation portraits, most of them inscribed and taken in cap-and-gown.

[Description provided by McBride Rare Books]

Biographical / historical:

George Nakamura was a high school student in the Sacramento area in the mid-1930s.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from McBride Rare Books, 2021.
Processing information:

Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information supplied by McBride Rare Books.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Physical facet:
Eighty-six photographs on twenty-one leaves. Oblong octavo album. Original black cloth covers, string-tied with black paper leaves.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], George Nakamura Photograph Album, MC324, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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