Black-and-white photograph of Japanese billiards champion Masako Katsura standing at a billiards table during a 1952 World Three-Cushion Billiards Tournament appearance in San Francisco. She wears a satin dress, holds a cue diagonally across her body, and looks focused while spectators sit in the dim background.
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