Card, Greeting

Thank you card sent by Takashi Nishiyama, mayor of Toyota city, to Solan Weeks, Directory of the Detroit Historical Society on August 23, 1978. A print of a geisha reading a book is on the cover of the card. A photo of mayor Coleman A. Young posing with Nishiyama is pasted into a frame inside the card. Nishiyama writes:

Dear Mr. Weeks

As Mayor of Toyota City, I felt very proud to have been able to visit Detroit and I want to thank you for your warm welcome and generous hospitality.

Although my stay in your city was only five days, each experience has becomes a precious memory which I will always cherish. Your friendship toward me has helped to deepen the ties of understanding between our two cities.

I did enjoy my visit to your museum and especially the section representing Japan which came as a joyful surprise.

Yours sincerely,
T. Nishiyama

The first two paragraphs are typewritten, and the last is handwritten. The card was printed in Kyoto by Fukuii Asahido.