Pierce photo identified

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This photo from the Lyman Museum’s John Howard Pierce Photography Collection, No. 15876, was first published in the Aug. 8, 2015, edition of the Tribune-Herald. The following name and location have been identified in this photo thanks to the efforts of the community: The man in this photo is Rupert Imamura. The photo was taken Aug. 27, 1964, a month after he moved to Hilo as the new U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmer’s Home Administration county supervisor at the Federal Building in Downtown Hilo. If you think a subject or location has been misidentified, a name misspelled or you have any further information about this photo, call the museum at 935-5021.

This photo from the Lyman Museum’s John Howard Pierce Photography Collection, No. 15876, was first published in the Aug. 8, 2015, edition of the Tribune-Herald. The following name and location have been identified in this photo thanks to the efforts of the community: The man in this photo is Rupert Imamura. The photo was taken Aug. 27, 1964, a month after he moved to Hilo as the new U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmer’s Home Administration county supervisor at the Federal Building in Downtown Hilo. If you think a subject or location has been misidentified, a name misspelled or you have any further information about this photo, call the museum at 935-5021.