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Entertaining guests at the housewarming party of the new Manhattan Hostel for Japanese Americans on November 23, 1945, is Mrs. Chiyo Suzuki, formerly of San Pedro and the Colorado River Relocation Center. She is playing the samisen, a Japanese instrument. Located at 58 East 102nd Street, New York City, in an inter-racial neighborhood, the Hostel is sponsored jointly by the Unitarian Service Committee and the Community Church of New York. It has 44 sleeping rooms, a dining room seating 60 persons, a fully equipped kitchen, and recreational facilities. -- New York, New York. 11/23/45

Contributing Institution:

The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.