Collection State Dinners
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
The Japanese Mission of 1860 - Photo 4
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- Library of Congress
The Japanese Mission of 1860 - Photo 4
From left to right, interpreters Tateishi “Tommy” Onojiro, Tateishi Tokujura and Namura Moronoi, 1860.
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