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Hana Shimozumi (Mme. Hana Shimozumi, Mme. Hana Shimozumi Iki) (1893-1978) was a Japanese prima donna singing the role of Yum Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" with the new Gallo English Opera Company. It was scheduled to open on Labor Day, September 1, 1919 at the Shubert Theatre, New York City for two weeks before going on a tour of the United States and Canada. Hana was born in Honolulu, brought up in an American family in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University. Her vocal study was with Mrs. A.F. Bridge. –excerpted from The New York Times, [1] The Musicians and Stagehands Unions went on strike at 7:00PM, September 1, 1919, which delayed the opening of "The Mikado" for a week. When it did give it's first performance on September 8, 1919, both Hana Shimozumi and the production received a glowing review in The New York Times.  [2] [3] She later sang Fire Fly and Madame Butterfly and was a star with the San Carlos Opera Company and the Gallo English Comic Opera.   Mme. Shimozumi gave up a promising operatic career when she married Dr. G Iki (George S. Iki) (1892-1974) a surgeon, and a University of California graduate, of Sacramento. They had a daughter Marsha Y. Iki (b.1922). [4] [5] After the United States entered World War II, Hana Iki, her husband, daughter and three other family members were forcibly relocated and interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center in Newell, California in 1942. Hana was a U.S. Citizen, born in Honolulu County, Hawaii. She attended public schools in San Francisco, had never been to Japan, and didn't speak, read or write Japanese. [6]

Here is James P. Holland at the same parade. The New York Times says he was the Grand Marshall for the New York City parade. This gentleman is wearing a bow tie, and Holland is not in his labeled photo. Willard Small was the Grand Marshall at the Newark New Jersey parade.

The parade took place on Monday, September 1, 1913. Turnout was low, a result attributed to prosperity, which led many workers to leave town to enjoy a three-day weekend. Here's the story in Tuesday's New York Times: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05E6DB123FE633A...

Here are James P. Holland and this man in the same photograph. Everybody gets to be a Marshal -----

James P. Holland of the Eccentric Firemen's Union of New York City, elected President of the New York State Federation of Labor in 1916.

I created an entry for him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P._Holland 5,000 LABORITES OFFER FINE PARADE; Marching Line Much Smaller Than Expected, but Splendidly Organized -- Few Women Out. Source: New York Times; September 2, 1913, Tuesday Weblink: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05E6DB123FE633A...

Thank you pennylrichardsca and Richard Arthur Norton for the additional information on James P. Holland. We will add it to the photo description when we reload the database.

Another Marshal in the New York City Labor Day Parade: The ten Marshals of the New York City Labor Day Parade:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called god creatures, and we'd love to have this added to the group!