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Ben Fukuzaki Collection (2002.1)

Ben Fukuzaki Collection (2002.1) [2 of 48] (Fashion show (Fukuzaki_02))


Published: June 13, 2008 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025

Black and white silent amateur footage (1940's-early 1950's) taken by Terminal Island resident Ben Fukuzaki, primarily of the Japanese American community in and around Fish Harbor, Terminal Island, and San Pedro, California.

This segment (02:19; dark) shows a fashion show held by the Academy of Fashion Art, a Terminal Island fashion school, with Japanese American women and girls modeling dresses, suits, evening wear, and other clothes. One dress strongly resembles the gown worn by Snow White in Walt Disney's animated feature (released in 1937).

Credit: Ben Fukuzaki Collection, Gift in Memory of Ben Fukuzaki, Japanese American National Museum (2002.1.1-3). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.


1940s business California children fashion Terminal Island

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Ben Fukuzaki Collection (2002.1)
Color silent amateur footage (1940's-early 1950's) taken by Terminal Island resident Ben Fukuzaki, primarily of the Japanese American community in and around Fish Harbor, Terminal Island, and San Pedro, California. V. 57: Amateur footage t…
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