[Full-length portrait of Tozo Ohno] [graphic].

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Title	[Full-length portrait of Tozo Ohno] [graphic].
Publisher	[Pottstown, Pa.]
Date	[ca. 1895]
Physical Description	1 photograph : gelatin silver on card mount ; mount 16 x 11 cm (6.5 x 4.25 in.) (cabinet card format)
Description	Full-length, forward facing portrait of Tozo Ohno sitting in a rocking chair on a covered porch at Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. Shows Ohno wearing his hair parted to the left and attired in a white collared shirt, waistcoat with pocketwatch chain, suit jacket and pants, and lace-up boots. He sits in the rocking chair with his legs crossed and his hands on his lap as he looks directly at the viewer. The porch floor and covering are composed of wooden planks. Partial view of trees in the background. Tozo Ohno (1869-1896) converted to Christianity and was disowned by his father. He traveled to the United States where he worked as a farm laborer, domestic employee, teacher, and missionary. He spent three years at Toronto University. In circa 1893, he arrived at Hill School in Pottstown, Pa. where the principal, John Meigs, invited him to stay. Ohno lived at the school and became the minister of Bethany Chapel. He died of tuberculosis in October, 1896 in Pottstown.
Notes	Title supplied by the cataloger.
	Date inferred from content and life dates of the sitter.
	Manuscript notes written on verso: In pen, "Tozou Ono about 1910." In pencil, "These pictures once belonged to my father so I don't know how old they are, I only remember some stories told about him. Valet to Prof. John Meigs."
Subject	Ohno, Tozo, 1869-1896 -- Portraits.
	Meigs, John, 1852-1911.
	Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.)
	Clergy -- Pennsylvania -- Pottstown -- Portraits.
	Japanese -- Portraits.
	Porches -- Pennsylvania -- Pottstown.
	Rocking chairs.
	Men -- Japanese.
	AAPI.
Geographic subject	Pottstown (Pa.)
Genre	Cabinet photographs -- 1890-1900.
	Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900.
	Portrait photographs -- 1890-1900.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| PRINT PRINT \| cabinet card portraits - sitter - Ohno [P.2025.51]
Accession number	P.2025.51

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