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Last couple to be married under public law 717, which made possible more than 1,300 G.I.-Japanese marriages – Vintage Wall Art

Last couple to be married under public law 717, which made possible more than 1,300 G.I.-Japanese marriages, 1951 Feb. 10. — historic photograph
Last couple to be married under public law 717, which made possible more than 1,300 G.I.-Japanese marriages, 1951 Feb. 10.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The caption identifies this as the last couple married under Public Law 717, a measure that made possible more than 1,300 marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women. Dated February 10, 1951, and credited to photographer Takamasa Inamura for the Black Star agency, it shows a moment when the postwar American occupation of Japan was reshaping daily life. The caption data is unverified, so the record does not confirm the couple's names or other specifics, but the image still shows how immigration and military rules touched private lives in occupied Japan.

Created / published1951 Feb. 10.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Takamasa Inamura from Black Star. No. 3. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Marriage; B.I.(2); For. Rel.; War brides; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,493 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157587

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