Crowd at Keller Speech in Tokyo

Print, Photographic

Accession Number:
2009.24.16.1195
Description:
BW print; a sea of faces in a huge crowd; the foreground is filled with girls in school uniforms, behind them are boys in dark caps, and the crowd stretches backward to a treeline in the far distance; a van or truck is in the right background, with cameramen sitting on top; captioned "Thousands of Japanese School Children crowd around the speaker's platform"; stamped "Official Signal Corps Photo".
Medium:
Photographic Paper
Date:
6-Sep-48
Photographer:
Orzio
History/Provenance:
Keller spoke to large crowds at several venues in Tokyo on September 6, 1948.
Credit Line:
AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects:
Crowds Japan School children