Frank Miller and the Mission Inn: A Center of Cultural Diversity
in Riverside Slide 2 The Mission Inn Hotel, formerly the Glenwood
Hotel, during its early years under Frank A. Miller. Slide 3
Riversides Chinatown, located near the intersection of Brockton and
Tequesquite. Slide 4 A Chinese employee of the Mission Inn. Frank
A. Miller openly defied the Chinese Exclusion Act. Slide 5 Frank
Miller collected and exhibited artifacts, such as the Nanjing Bell,
that demonstrate his appreciation for Chinese art and culture.
Slide 6 The Harada Family and the Washington Restaurant Slide 7 The
Harada House was made a National Historic Landmark in 1990. Slide 8
Frank Miller and Booker T. Washington standing atop Mount Rubidoux
during Washingtons visit in 1914. Slide 9 Letters from Booker T.
Washington to Frank Miller. *Letters courtesy of the Riverside
Metropolitan Museum Slide 10 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. Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 The Court of the
Orient Just a sampling of Frank Millers collections from Japan and
China. Slide 15 The Mission Inns Rotunda Wing, shortly after
completion in 1931.
