Soyeda, Kamiya (LOC)

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Soyeda, Kamiya

1913 June 22.

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows Dr. Juichi Soyeda, of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Japan and the Japanese American Society of Tokyo, and Tadao Kamiya, chief secretary of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, on a visit to the United States where they were lobbying against proposed anti-Japanese legislation in California. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, June 26 and July 2, 1913)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13616

Call Number: LC-B2- 2763-11

Comments and faves

  1. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (40 months ago | reply)

    Juichi Soyeda and Tadao Kamiya

    COMES TO COUNSEL JAPANESE HERE; Dr. Soyeda Sure That in the End Californian Situation Will Be Settled Amicably.

    "The Japanese are much surprised by the attitude of the Californian Legislature, and some of them are annoyed, but the thinking persons in Japan trust that the trouble will be solved in the light of justice and humanity," Dr. J. Soyeda said yesterday at the Hotel Astor. ... Dr. Soyeda and Tadao Kamiya who is associated with him in his mission, were entertained at a luncheon yesterday by the Publishers Association of New York ...

    Source: June 26, 1913, Thursday; New York Times

    Link: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D04E 5D6103CE633A...

    I have started a Wikipedia entry for him:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juichi_Soyeda

  2. Arden (LOC P&P) (40 months ago | reply)

    Richard Arthur Norton: Thank you for your information on Juichi Soyeda and Tadao Kamiya. It is great to have their full names and some idea of why they were in the news at the time. We will add some of the information to the description when we update the database.

  3. Wystan (40 months ago | reply)

    Date inscribed on photo negative: 6-22-1913. They were here to lobby against the racist California Alien Land Act of 1913. So was Mr. Iijima:

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