Sushi Display Photograph, 1991
date: label: date made
content: ca 1991
name: label: maker
content: Kodak Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: The photograph shows a display of sushi products prepared for sale in American supermarkets by the Advanced Fresh Concepts Corporation based in California. Four of the boxes show a combination of nigiri and maki sushi; the others contain assortments of California rolls and other sliced roll-style sushi. The sushi packages are made of a black plastic base with a clear plastic top. With a standardized cooking procedure and a systematic training program, AFC’s pre-packed sushi products are to be identical in quality regardless of its location.
label: Description
content: The concept of pre-packaged sushi in America was introduced by Ryuji Ishii in 1986. His mission was to introduce fresh packaged sushi to supermarkets in America and make it readily accessible to consumers, the same way that it had always been available to him at supermarkets in Japan. The California roll was a safe introductory sushi type that catered toward American taste as it didn’t contain raw fish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Business
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content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
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content: Food
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content: Sushi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0182.13d
label: accession number
content: 2012.0182
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0182.13d
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: photograph paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm