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"Flower Drum Song" Publicity Shot
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Several actors, all of whom are white and are wearing "yellowface" makeup to caricature Asians, are either dancing or looking on. Caption reads: "The Chinese elders looked on in horror as their Americanized offspring danced in a most unoriental manner. This was one of the production numbers in 'Flower Drum Song,' the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that opened Wednesday night at the Sunset Playhouse in Elm Grove."
July 22, 1965
Schmidt, Clarence P.
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