Photo from the Attic: A Blossoming Queen

By Roll Call Staff

Posted March 30, 2011 at 4:49pm

Sakiko Saito, daughter of the Japanese ambassador, is crowned queen of the cherry blossoms by D.C. Commissioner Melvin Hazen on April 8, 1937. With the queen are Masako Saito and Barbara Caldwell, their American playmate.

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