Albert Torii photograph album, circa 1918-1920s

Item — Box: 9

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection consists of photographs and albums that document both personal and professional life; 78 and 45 records (pre war WWII) commercial labels with some recordings that were made by Torii himself; 16 mm family movies, DVDs of movies and still images, personal papers and some reproductions of photographs of special dinners held in honor of Japan’s Envoys of Gratitude [group] (1930), the Imperial Highness Prince and Princess Takamatsu (1931) and his Excellency Yosuke Matsuoka (1933). A photograph of an unidentified community gathering (ca. 1930) in an outdoor setting is present as well.

Dates

circa 1918-1920s

Extent

From the Collection: 12 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Japanese

Additional Description

General

Album contains impages of Albert N. Torii as a seaman, settling in Chicago circa 1920, friends, meeting his future wife Elenor Williams and her family, starting his resturant business, his partner Henry and wife Kathleen, sites of Chicago, vacations to Niagara Falls and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and outings with friends.