Stephanie Vittum's First Grade Class Learns To Eat Japanese Food With Chopsticks At Abbot Elementary School, February 1963 Photographer: Eck Stanger
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1963
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Ann Arbor News, February 19, 1963
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EATING JAPANESE STYLE: Mrs. Stephanie Vittum's first graders at T. C. Abbot School demonstrate there's more than one way to learn to eat Japanese food with chopsticks. Above (from left) Jeanne Palmer has already caught on, Dave Watson wonders how to use them, Hunter Raiford is mastering the art and Stephanie Sukenik tries the two-handed method. Mrs. Vittum (center) looks on. Kimonos worn by the children add to the Japanese atmosphere.
Ann Arbor News, February 19, 1963
Caption:
EATING JAPANESE STYLE: Mrs. Stephanie Vittum's first graders at T. C. Abbot School demonstrate there's more than one way to learn to eat Japanese food with chopsticks. Above (from left) Jeanne Palmer has already caught on, Dave Watson wonders how to use them, Hunter Raiford is mastering the art and Stephanie Sukenik tries the two-handed method. Mrs. Vittum (center) looks on. Kimonos worn by the children add to the Japanese atmosphere.
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