| description | Sepia toned indoor group photograph of twenty six people on a stage, some in costume, one holding a prop object at right side, and an Asahi banner flag at centre front. Photograph is etched in white with "EMPRESS; Flashlight Exposure". Two people in the back row are wearing Asahi "letter A" baseball caps. Five people in the middle row are wearing baseball uniforms under sweaters. There are three people dressed as geisha. One person in the back row at left is wearing a top hat. There are two women seated in the front row at right. A wood chair is visible at bottom right.
Card stock frame is embossed with "EMPRESS STUDIO, Vancouver B.C." Verso is annotated with "Taken 1924" and stamped in ink with "E. Kitagawa; 352 Wolverleigh Boulevard; Toronto, Ontario M4C 1S8". |