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Sakura: Enduring Symbols of Friendship
Joint Ventures
Osaka Mainichi Shinbunsha and Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbunsha (The Osaka Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd and the Tokyo Nichinichi Newspapers Co., Ltd). Nihon to Beikoku: Tsūshō Shinzen Kankei no Zenbō (Trade and Friendship—A Complete Look at the US—Japan Relationship), 1938. Japanese Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00)
Diplomacy and Friendship
Hiroshi Saitō (1886–1939). Cherry Blossoms, speech script for Columbia Broadcast, April 7, 1934. Japanese Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress (016.00.00)
Bud and Blossom
National Photo Company. Sumi and Sada Tamura, March 28, 1925. Photograph from digital file of original glass negative. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00)
New Deal Cherry Blossom "King"
Clifford Berryman (1869–1949). Cherry Blossom Time in Washington!, 1934. India ink over graphite. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00)
Nurturing Peace with War Approaching
Herbert Block (1909–2001). April in Washington, 1939. Crayon, ink brush and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (018.00.00)
A 1939 Herblock Cartoon, copyright by The Herb Block Foundation
Wartime Blossom-Viewing
Large Crowd of Sightseers Viewing Cherry Blossoms around the Tidal Basin, March 25, 1945. Gelatin silver photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)
Vintage Postcard View of Tidal Basin
Washington Monument and the Cherry Blossoms at Sunset, Washington, D.C. Color halftone postcard. Cambridge, Mass.: Colourpicture Publication, between 1920 and 1960. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00)
Twenty-First century Sakura
Carol M. Highsmith (b. 1946). Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2007. Digital photographic print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)
Cherry Blossom Princess
Beaded handbag presented by Japanese Ambassador Takeshi Yasukawa to Emily Howie—1974 Cherry Blossom Princess representing the state of Georgia. Courtesy of Emily Howie (057.00.00)
Unknown photographer. Emily Howie with fellow court members and Georgia’s 1971—Cherry Blossom Princess Frances Hagan on their float in the National Cherry Blossom Festival parade. Courtesy of Emily Howie (057.01.00)
Sakura: Enduring Symbols of Friendship
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National Cherry Blossom Photo Contest
Parade, 2011
An Truong. Parade, 2011. Digital photograph.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (058.00.00)
Blossom, 2011
Leah L. Jones. Blossom, 2011. Digital photograph.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (059.00.00)
Reflection of Spring, 2011
Bernard Chen. Reflection of Spring, 2011. Digital photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (060.00.00)
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