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1905 - Dr David Fairchild


1910 -Eliza Scidmore Loved Cherry Blossoms


1910: Dr. Jokichi Takamine


1912 - Mayor Ozaki Organized the Gift of Trees


1912 - No ceremony for Mrs. Taft


1912 - The tree Mrs. Taft planted flowers today


1912 Col. Spencer Cosby


1928 Ambassador Matsudaiva and family


1939 - 1949 Early Cherry Blossom Queens


1948 - A 1948 Princess Then and Now in 2007


1948 to 2009


1948: Queen Doris Sheldon of Delaware


1949 Cherry Blossom Souvenir Program


1949 Nebraska Princess Vanita Brown


1949: President Harry Truman


1950: Queen Joan Russell of Connecticut


1950s Unidentified Photo at Almas Temple


1951 Cherry Blossom Festival


1951 Cherry Blossom Festival at Washington Monument


1951 Cherry Blossom Queen Maldi Tarris


1951 Festival photo in LIFE Magazine


1951 Ohio Princess Virginia Bender


1951 Ohio Princess Virginia Bender and daughters


1952 Queen with 1953 Class


1953 Approximate


1953: Mrs. Eisenhower Crowns Janet Bailey


1954 Class of Cherry Blossom Princesses


1954 Embassy of Japan Cherry Blossom Princess


1954 Pat Nixon at Fashion Show


1954 Queen Frances Mae Fischer


1955 Cherry Blossom Queen Jeanine Raymond


1955 Queen Janine Raymond of Maine


1955: Vice President Nixon Spins The Wheel


1956 Queen Barbara Lyman


1956 Spin of the Wheel - Try Again


1956: Barbara Lyman and Gen. Sarnoff


1957 - First display of the Mikimoto Crown


1957 Gift of Mikimoto Crown


1957: Jean Marie Meets First Lady at Ball


1957: Mrs. Eisenhower Spins the Wheel


1958 Grand Ball - Mrs. Nixon Spins the Wheel


1958 Queen Carolyn Drigotas


1959 Lantern Lighting Ceremony


1959 Queen Carolyn Marie Harris


1959 Sen. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy


1960 Iowa Cherry Blossom Princess


1960: Two Legends Join the Queen: Helen Hayes and Perle Mesta


1961 Cherry Blossom Queen Betsy Howard


1961: Queen Elizabeth Howard of Kentucky


1961: Vice President Johnson Spins Wheel


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