Perched atop an English saddle and sporting leather riding boots in this 1913 pose, Saburo Shindo literally sits astride the cultural diversity that marked his life as a Hiroshima-born Nebraskan restaurateur. An NEH preservation grant enabled the Stuhr Museum to assess 28,000 glass-plate negatives and 4,000 prints by photographer Julius Leschinsky.
Links:
[1] http://www.neh.gov/humanities/author/amy-lifson
[2] http://www.neh.gov/files/humanities/articles/curio_pic_monted_restauranteur_nd2008.jpg
[3] http://www.neh.gov/humanities/tag/horses
[4] http://www.neh.gov/humanities/tag/japan
[5] http://www.neh.gov/humanities/tag/nebraska
[6] http://www.neh.gov/humanities/tag/preservation