Takeo Kume and Unidentified Woman

ID: 85-7035

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1946 or 1951

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529 Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews

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Summary

Takeo Kume, whom Henderson met on a trip to Japan, stands beside the wife of a civilian officer and her dog. Edward P. Henderson (1898-1992), a curator of mineral sciences at the National Museum of History, travelled to Japan several times to appraise gems confiscated by the Japanese government during World War II,

Subject

  • Henderson, Edward Porter
  • Kume, Takeo

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of the Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interview by Pamela M. Henson, September 6, 1984 in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529 Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1946 or 1951
  • Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Animals
  • Dogs
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • History
  • Domestic animals
  • Museum curators
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

  • Japan
  • Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

85-7035

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Persons, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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