Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.
Note: If you use this image, rights assessment and attribution are your responsibility.
Attention media: Please make note of this item's accession number. Print out this page and retain it for your permissions records before downloading this image file for possible publication. Library staff cannot sign permissions forms or provide additional paperwork. The Library charges no usage fees for downloaded images.
After more than 1300 years of political reign by Okinawan Kings and subjugation by foreign powers, the people of Ryukyus went to the polls in the fall of 1950 and cast their first free ballot for the candidates of their choice. A new democratic era was ushered in when the inaugurations took place in November, 1950.