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Frank Miller and the Mission Inn: A Center of Cultural Diversity in Riverside
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The Mission Inn Hotel, formerly the Glenwood Hotel, during its early years under Frank A. Miller.
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Riverside’s Chinatown, located near the intersection of Brockton and Tequesquite.
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A Chinese employee of the Mission Inn. Frank A. Miller openly defied the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Frank Miller collected and exhibited artifacts, such as the Nanjing Bell, that demonstrate his appreciation for Chinese art and culture.
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The Harada Family and the Washington Restaurant
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The Harada House was made a National Historic Landmark in 1990.
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Frank Miller and Booker T. Washington standing atop Mount Rubidoux during Washington’s visit in 1914.
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Letters from Booker T. Washington to Frank Miller. *Letters courtesy of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum
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In 1929, Miller was honored by the Japanese emperor in a ceremony at the Mission Inn where he received the Fourth Degree of Merit of Meiji with the Small Order of the Rising Sun.
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The Court of the Orient – Just a sampling of Frank Miller’s collections from Japan and China.
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The Mission Inn’s Rotunda Wing, shortly after completion in 1931.
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