Details
Creator Wide World Photos, Inc. photographer.
Contributor King Features Syndicate.
Title Luncheon for rebuilding Japanese College, Tsuda College [graphic].
Publisher [New York]
Date February 26, 1924
Physical Description 1 photo : gelatin silver ; sheet 16 x 21 cm (6 x 8 in.)
Description Portrait photograph of Yonako Tsuda Abiko, Narcissa C. Vanderlip, and Anna C. Hartshorne fundraising for the Tsuda College Emergency Committee to raise money to rebuild Tsuda College in Tokyo which was damaged in the 1923 earthquake. In the left, Yonako, attired in a kimono, stands and holds a Japanese tea bowl in her hands. In the center, Narcissa, attired in a kimono, geta shoes, a wristwatch, a pearl necklace, and a ring, stands and looks down at the bowl. In the right, Anna, attired in a brimmed hat, a dark-colored dress, two necklaces, and heeled shoes, holds a beaded purse, and looks to the left towards the bowl. Yonako Tsuda Abiko (1880-1944) was the younger sister of Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929) who founded Tsuda College in 1900. The College was a girls school that taught English and trained women to become English teachers. An earthquake and subsequent fire destroyed the school in 1923. Abiko, Hartshorne, and Vanderlip organized the Tsuda College Emergency Committee to help fundraise to rebuild the school. Anna Cope Hartshorne (1860-1944) was a Philadelphia Quaker who met Umeko Tsuda at Bryn Mawr College. She taught at Tsuda College from 1902 to 1940. Narcissa Cox Vanderlip (1880-1966) was active in the women's suffrage movement and worked towards improving relations between the United States and Japan. Yonako Tsuda Abiko moved to San Francisco in 1909. Her husband Kyutaro Abiko founded the Japanese language Nichibei Shimbun newspaper, which she ran after his death in 1936. In 1912, she helped establish Joshi Seinen Kai, a boarding house for Japanese women, and was active with the Y.M.C.A.
Notes Title and date from label on verso.
Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: World Wide Photos, [illegible] U.S. Pat. Off., [This picture may not be reproduced] rented or loaned, must not be used for advertising [illegible] written permission.
Distributor's imprint stamped on verso partially covered by label: [King] Features Syndicate, Inc. [illegible].
Typewritten label pasted on verso: Watch your credit, Photos from Wide World. 309963 Luncheon for rebuilding Japanese College, Tsuda College: Our photo shows a scene today during the luncheon tendered by Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip in the drive for funds to rebuild Tsuda College which was destroyed in Japan during the quake. Left to right; we have, Mrs. Yona Tsuda Abiko, Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip and Miss Anna C. Hartshorne, of Philadelphia. The subject is the photo that Mrs. Vanderlip becomes acquainted with the intricate beauty of a Japanese tea bowl.
Subject Abiko, Yonako Tsuda, 1880-1944 -- Portraits.
Hartshorne, Anna C. (Anna Cope), 1860-1957 -- Portraits.
Vanderlip, Narcissa Cox, 1880-1966 -- Portraits.
Tsuda College Emergency Committee.
Tsudajuku Daigaku.
Decorative arts -- Japanese.
Fund raising.
Kimonos.
Japanese.
Philanthropists.
Women.
Women -- Japanese.
AAPI.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Group portraits -- 1920-1930.
Portrait photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| group portrait photographs – organizations - Tsuda College Emergency Committee [P.2024.17.1]
Accession number P.2024.17.1