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Crowned Queen of Cherry Blossoms. Washington, D.C., April 8.
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Crowned Queen of Cherry Blossoms. Washington, D.C., April 8.

A colorful ceremony which attracted thousands of visitors to the Capital, little Sakiko Saito, daughter of the Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito, was crowned Queen of the Cherry Blossoms by Melvin Hazen, Commissioner of the District of Columbia. The festival was held to celebrate the anniversary of the presentation of the Japanese cherry trees to the capital by the citizens of Tokio, Japan during the Taft Administration. With the Queen as shown her two attendants Masako Saito, also a daughter of the Japanese Amabassador, and Barbara Caldwell, American playmate of the two youngsters, 4/8/1937

Date
1937-04-08
Collection
Harris & Ewing
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
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1,024 × 815 pixels

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"Crowned Queen of Cherry Blossoms. Washington, D.C., April 8." (1937-04-08). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crowned_Queen_of_Cherry_Blossoms._22528v.jpg

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