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The St. Louis Cathedral is one of the oldest churches in America. It is situated across from Jackson Square in New Orleans
and is visited by thousands of tourists every year.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
New Orleans, Louisiana. 1/12/45
Swans and ducks are common in the City Park. These pictures were taken on the 13th day of January, 1945. On that day several
people were rowing boats and paddling canoes in the park lagoons. The temperature was 77 degrees.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
New Orleans, Louisiana. 1/13/45
Swans and ducks are common in the City Park. These pictures were taken on the 13th day of January, 1945. On that day several
people were rowing boats and paddling canoes in the park lagoons. The temperature was 77 degrees.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
New Orleans, Louisiana. 1/13/45
Canal Street is a main street in New Orleans and in many respects resembles Market Street in San Francisco. This picture is
taken near Canal and Baronne Streets in the heart of the business district.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
New Orleans, Louisiana. 1/12/45
The Louisiana Capitol Building is a monument to the late Senator Huey P. Long. It was built in the early days of the depression
at a cost of $5,000,000 and completed in 14 months. The marble in the interior comes from various countries and is of exceptional
beauty. The statuary at the entrance was sculptured by Laredo Taft.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Masami Hata, an Issei, age 44, was for many years a gardener in San Mateo, California. At the time of evacuation he was sent
to Topaz, Utah. In September 1944 he came to Louisiana in search of employment and new opportunities. He settled immediately
in Baton Rouge where he is taking care of several gardens. He has found people kind and considerate and likes the community.
He says the soil is rich and you can grow anything. He does not plan to return to California. In this picture Mr. Hata is
at work in one of the gardens near the campus of Louisiana State University. Cold weather never interferes with outdoor work
here.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Masami Hata, an Issei, age 44, was for many years a gardener in San Mateo, California. At the time of evacuation he was sent
to Topaz, Utah. In September 1944 he came to Louisiana in search of employment and new opportunities. He settled immediately
in Baton Rouge where he is taking care of several gardens. He has found people kind and considerate and likes the community.
He says the soil is rich and you can grow anything. He does not plan to return to California. In this picture Mr. Hata is
at work in one of the gardens near the campus of Louisiana State University. Cold weather never interferes with outdoor work
here.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Masami Hata, an Issei, age 44, was for many years a gardener in San Mateo, California. At the time of evacuation he was sent
to Topaz, Utah. In September 1944 he came to Louisiana in search of employment and new opportunities. He settled immediately
in Baton Rouge where he is taking care of several gardens. He has found people kind and considerate and likes the community.
He says the soil is rich and you can grow anything. He does not plan to return to California. In this picture Mr. Hata is
at work in one of the gardens near the campus of Louisiana State University. Cold weather never interferes with outdoor work
here.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Masami Hata, an Issei, age 44, was for many years a gardener in San Mateo, California. At the time of evacuation he was sent
to Topaz, Utah. In September 1944 he came to Louisiana in search of employment and new opportunities. He settled immediately
in Baton Rouge where he is taking care of several gardens. He has found people kind and considerate and likes the community.
He says the soil is rich and you can grow anything. He does not plan to return to California. In this picture Mr. Hata is
at work in one of the gardens near the campus of Louisiana State University. Cold weather never interferes with outdoor work
here.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Sam Kohara, age 30, is the oldest son of Mrs. M. Kohara. The Kohara family moved to Alexandria, Louisiana many years ago.
Mr. Kohara farmed for a short time and then opened a photographic studio in that city. The family consists of three sons and
two daughters. Two of the sons are in the army. Sam, the oldest, gives part of his time to the studio and the rest to a farm
which he recently purchased. The Kohara farm house has all the modern conveniences including city water, electricity, telephone
and gas. Sam has a new Farmall tractor and says that he has had no serious difficulty securing farm machinery.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Alexandria, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Sam Kohara, age 30, is the oldest son of Mrs. M. Kohara. The Kohara family moved to Alexandria, Louisiana many years ago.
Mr. Kohara farmed for a short time and then opened a photographic studio in that city. The family consists of three sons and
two daughters. Two of the sons are in the army. Sam, the oldest, gives part of his time to the studio and the rest to a farm
which he recently purchased. The Kohara farm house has all the modern conveniences including city water, electricity, telephone
and gas. Sam has a new Farmall tractor and says that he has had no serious difficulty securing farm machinery.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Alexandria, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Sam Kohara, age 30, is the oldest son of Mrs. M. Kohara. The Kohara family moved to Alexandria, Louisiana, many years ago.
Mr. Kohara farmed for a short time and then opened a photographic studio in that city. The family consists of three sons and
two daughters. Two of the sons are in the army. Sam, the oldest, gives part of his time to the studio and the rest to a farm
which he recently purchased. The Kohara farm house has all the modern conveniences including city water, electricity, telephone
and gas. Sam has a new Farmall tractor and says that he has had no serious difficulty securing farm machinery.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Alexandria, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Mrs. M. Kohara and one of her Caucasian employees in the Kohara Studio. Mrs. Kohara manages the studio and has ten employees.
She had an evacuee employee until quite recently when he was called by the army. Mrs. Kohara, in addition to the studio, owns
a large substantial home in the city of Alexandria. Of the five Kohara children, four of them have attended Louisiana State
University. A daughter, Dr. Kay Kohara, is a resident physician at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. The second daughter is
still in high school. Sam, the oldest son, divides his time between the farm, which is about three miles from Alexandria,
and the studio.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Alexandria, Louisiana. 1/9/45
Mr. Suenaga, on Indefinite Leave from the Manzanar Relocation Center, came to New Orleans without definite employment but
immediately accepted a position where he is in charge of a greenhouse and nursery at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He has a furnished,
modern house and is awaiting his wife and two children to join him. His employer is delighted with his services and he says
that he likes his work very much. Prior to evacuation Mr. Suenaga worked in a florist shop in Los Angeles.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 1/11/45
Mr. Suenaga, on Indefinite Leave from the Manzanar Relocation Center, came to New Orleans without definite employment but
immediately accepted a position where he is in charge of a greenhouse and nursery at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He has a furnished,
modern house and is awaiting his wife and two children to join him. His employer is delighted with his services and he says
that he likes his work very much. Prior to evacuation Mr. Suenaga worked in a florist shop in Los Angeles.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 1/11/45
This group consists of Mrs. K. R. Maruyama, S/Sgt. Kenny Okamoto, Mrs. Tommy Imamura, and Mrs. George Toriumi. These young
women serve as hostesses at the USO Club, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The S/Sgt. is located at Camp Shelby.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 1/11/45
Mr. S. Butsuyen has owned and operated this farm for the last seven years. The farm is 1000 acres with 350 acres under cultivation.
Mr. Butsuyen states the yield compares favorably with that of any part of the United States. He is shown examining lettuce.
This crop was planted to be harvested about February 15. It is now ready for thinning.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
White Oak, Georgia. 1/17/45
S. Butsuyen, co-owner, Sam Hayashi, employee, H. J. Omayi, co-owner, and Jim Shinobu Tani, evacuee, are shown on the Maryfield
Plantation, a farm located in the coastal area of Georgia. This farm consists of 1000 acres with 350 acres under cultivation.
It was purchased by Mr. Butsuyen seven years ago and he states that he has made a success and is well satisfied. He has found
the community residents friendly and neighborly. About February 15, 200 acres of iceberg lettuce will be ready to harvest.
The majority of this crop is shipped to eastern markets, and brings about $4.65 per crate. The average yield per acre is 150
crates. Jim Tani, the evacuee, relocated from Minidoka. His former home was Oakland, California, where he was employed in
a fruit market. In addition to his salary, Jim receives maintenance for himself and his family. His dwelling too is furnished
by his employer.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
White Oak, Georgia. 1/18/45
Tractor preparing lettuce beds for planting. The tractor operator is T. Omayi. This photo was taken four miles from the highway
between Brunswick, Georgia, and Jacksonville, Florida, 21 miles south of Brunswick in the coastal area of Georgia.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
White Oak, Georgia. 1/17/45
Mr. S. Butseyen [Butsuyen], and T. Omayi are shown on a tractor which is being used to prepare lettuce beds for planting.
This farm is owned and operated by Mr. Butseyen, and is located about four miles from the highway between Brunswick, Georgia,
and Jacksonville, Florida, 21 miles south of Brunswick in the coastal area of Georgia.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
White Oak, Georgia. 1/17/45
Jim Shinobu Tani, evacuee employee, H. J. Omayi, co-owner, Sam Hayashi, employee, and S. Butsuyen, co-owner, are pictured
on the Maryfield Plantation, a farm located in the coastal area of Georgia. This farm consists of 1000 acres with 350 acres
under cultivation. It was purchased by Mr. Butsuyen seven years ago and he states that he has made a success and is well satisfied.
He has found the community residents friendly and neighborly. About February 15, 200 acres of iceberg lettuce will be ready
to harvest. The majority of this crop is shipped to eastern markets, and brings about $4.65 per crate. The average yield per
acre is 150 crates. Jim Tani, the evacuee, relocated from Minidoka. His former home was Oakland, California, where he was
employed in a fruit market. In addition to his salary, Jim receives maintenance for himself and his family. His dwelling too
is furnished by his employer.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
White Oak, Georgia. 1/18/45
Lettuce beds at the Maryfield Plantation located at White Oak, Georgia, in the coastal area of Georgia.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
White Oak, Georgia. 1/17/45
Lettuce beds at the Maryfield Plantation located at White Oak, Georgia, in the coastal area of Georgia.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
White Oak, Georgia. 1/17/45
Mr. Robert Taylor, WRA Relocation Officer at Savannah, Georgia, is seen looking over a field of broccoli which is nearly ready
to harvest. The owner of the farm (right) who is shown with Mr. Taylor states that farm land in this section of the country
is very productive. He also says that he could use additional Nisei or Issei help.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Beaufort, South Carolina. 1/19/45
A field of collards to be harvested February 1, in the coastal area of South Carolina, seven miles south of Beaufort, South
Carolina.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Beaufort, South Carolina. 1/16/45
A field of collards to be harvested February 1, in the coastal area of South Carolina, seven miles south of Beaufort, South
Carolina.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Beaufort, South Carolina. 1/16/45
Tractors preparing land for planting vegetables in the coastal area of South Carolina. The land shown is four miles south
of Beaufort, South Carolina.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Beaufort, South Carolina. 1/16/45
A lettuce bed in the coastal area of South Carolina, about three miles south of Charleston. This section is specially adapted
to the growing of iceberg lettuce.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Charleston, South Carolina. 1/16/45
A field of cabbage in the coastal area of South Carolina. This crop is now ready for harvesting. The field is about three
miles south of Beaufort, South Carolina.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Beaufort, South Carolina. 1/16/45
A field of young collards in the coastal area, about three miles south of Beaufort, South Carolina.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Beaufort, South Carolina. 1/16/45
Mr. Sam Nagata came to the United States from Japan in 1905. He lived for years in Chicago but since 1927 he has had a trucking
business between New Orleans and New Iberia, Louisiana. He hauls fruits and vegetables between these communities. He owns
five large trucks and a home in New Orleans. His nephew, Joe Nagata, made quite a record as a football player at Louisiana
State University. Joe is now serving in the Army. His parents have a fruit and vegetable market in Eunice, Louisiana.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
New Orleans, Louisiana. 1/12/45
Fumi Matsumoto, formerly of Pleasanton, California, and Gila River Relocation Center, Arizona; Tomi Kawakami, of Auburn, California,
and Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho; and Sonoko Matsuo, formerly of Seattle, Washington, and Minidoka Relocation Center,
Idaho, are all cadet nurses at the Kansas City General Hospital, Missouri. Five Nisei girls are among the 150 student nurses
at the 1,000 bed hospital. The hospital is located on hills overlooking the downtown business district of Kansas City, Missouri.
The girls said they like the people on the hospital staff and everyone they met in Kansas City treated them as well as they
would anyone else. Two Nisei cadet nurses are also training at St. Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, and one at Bethany Hospital
in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/1/45
Sonoko Matsuo, formerly of Minidoka Relocation Center and Seattle, Washington, studies in the Kansas City General Hospital's
library. Miss Matsuo is a cadet nurse together with four other Nisei girls at the General Hospital. Two Nisei girls are also
in training at St. Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, and one at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/1/45
Tomi Kawakami, formerly of Auburn, California, and Minidoka, does a little kibitzing over the shoulders of a Caucasian friend
in the library of Kansas City General Hospital. Miss Kawakami and four other Nisei girls are cadet nurses at the hospital.
Two other Nisei girls are also in training at St. Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, and one at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City,
Kansas.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/1/45
Miss Florence M. Clarke, Director of Nursing, talks with Nisei girls enrolled in the Cadet Nurse Training Corps at Kansas
City General Hospital, Missouri. The girls are Riyeko Kikuchi (right), formerly of Tacoma, Washington, and Heart Mountain
Relocation Center, Wyoming; and Michiye Fujimoto (left), formerly of Del Rey, California, and Gila River Relocation Center,
Arizona (in hospital uniform). In their cadet street uniforms are Tomi Kawakami, formerly of Minidoka and Auburn, California,
and Fumi, Matsumoto, formerly of Gila River and Pleasanton, California. Two other Nisei girls are in training at St. Mary's
Hospital, Kansas City, and one at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/1/45
Riyeko Kikuchi, formerly of Tacoma, Washington, and Heart Mountain, makes intravenous fluid in the course of her training
as a cadet nurse at the Kansas City General Hospital, Missouri. Miss Kikuchi, one of five Nisei girls in the Cadet Nurse Training
Corps at the General Hospital, has made straight A's in her academic courses at the University of Kansas.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/1/45
Michiye Fujimoto, formerly of Del Rey, California, and Gila River Center, removes linens from the sterilizer at the Kansas
City General Hospital where she is training as a nurse. Miss Fujimoto and four other Nisei girls are in the Cadet Nurse Training
Corps at the General Hospital, two other Nisei girls are also in training at St. Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, and one at
Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/1/45
Toshiko Ryozaki, formerly of Los Angeles, California, and the Granada Center, types from the dictaphone in the office of the
United Jewish Social Services, Kansas City, Missouri. Miss Ryozaki, who has been employed as a typist for four months, is
one of two Nisei girls doing office work for the United Jewish Social Services.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/1/45
Mary Murata, formerly of Marysville, California, and the Granada Center, discusses a mimeographing job with her supervisor
in the office of the United Jewish Social Services, Kansas City, Missouri. Miss Murata and one other Nisei girl are employed
in the office.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/1/45
Miss Tee Mikami, formerly of Los Angeles and the Colorado River Center, discusses plans for a party menu with an associate
at the YWCA, Kansas City, Missouri. Miss Mikami, a graduate of Pomona College, has been war services secretary for the YWCA
since she left Poston in January, 1944. As a YWCA secretary, Miss Mikami supervises the Snack Bar, an attractive lunch room
where civilian workers may drop in for a food snack; Jive Town, a recreational class for teen age girls; and the Cosmo Group,
a recreational organization composed mainly of Japanese Americans who have resettled in Kansas City.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/2/45
Harry Yanaga, formerly of Gardena, California, and the Colorado River Center, with a fellow worker at the International Caterpillar
Company where he is employed as a Diesel mechanic. Mr. Yanaga belongs to a family of 13 people, including children and grandparents,
who have purchased a house in Kansas City and plan to stay. The shop foreman told WRA that Mr. Yanaga had been very satisfactory
during his eight months' employment at International Caterpillar.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/2/45
Harry Yanaga, formerly of Gardena, California, and the Colorado River Center, with a fellow worker at the International Caterpillar
Company where he is employed as a Diesel mechanic. Mr. Yanaga belongs to a family of 13 people, including children and grandparents,
who have purchased a house in Kansas City and plan to stay. The shop foreman told WRA that Mr. Yanaga had been very satisfactory
during his eight months' employment at International Caterpillar.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/2/45
Frank Kishi, Issei formerly of Los Angeles and Colorado River Center, with a fellow worker at Shelly Motors, Kansas City,
Missouri. Mr. Kishi, who owned his own service station in Los Angeles, is employed there as an auto mechanic. When asked why
he plans to buy a home in Kansas City, Mr. Kishi said that he and his wife sold their home in Los Angeles and We plan to stay
here. People in Kansas City are different--they aren't as snobbish and they kinda like you. His wife, Marguerite, a Nisei,
does office work at the Midwest Cold Storage Company. It took us six months to find a nice place to live, Mr. Kishi said,
But now we have a real nice apartment. I just bought an old car and spent $100 fixing it up. We sold our other car. You can
tell the people in the centers that we're getting along fine.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/2/45
Dr. George Nagamoto, Issei, and one of the most prominent orthodontists in the country, teaching at the University of Kansas
City Dental College, Missouri. Major Smith was a former student of Dr. Nagamoto at the University of Southern California where
Dr. Nagamoto taught graduate classes in orthodontics for practicing dentists from all over the country. In addition to teaching,
Dr. Nagamoto had a private practice in Los Angeles prior to evacuation. While at the Granada Relocation Center, Dr. Nagamoto
organized the first dental clinic in the centers and had twenty-five dental students working under him in one wing of the
pediatric wing of the hospital. When his son Kenneth, now a private first class at Fort Snelling, decided to study dentistry
at the University of Kansas, Dr. Nagamoto came to the Midwest with him and was offered a faculty position by the director
of the Kansas City Dental College, also a former student of Dr. Nagamoto. Although Dr. Nagamoto says he prefers the people
he knows in the Midwest to those back in California, he has not decided yet where to settle permanently with his family. Except
for the fact that there is no opportunity to do graduate teaching in his special field, Dr. Nagamoto says he would stay here.
My work is more important to me than anything else, Dr. Nagamoto said, except for good schools for my children. My wife and
one child are still at Granada and I'm going to visit them as soon as school is over and decide where to go.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
Dr. George Nagamoto, Issei, and one of the most prominent orthodontists in the country, with a friend of his, Major Doyle
Smith, both of whom are teaching at the University of Kansas City Dental College, Missouri. Major Smith was a former student
of Dr. Nagamoto at the University of Southern California where Dr. Nagamoto taught graduate classes in orthodontics for practicing
dentists from all over the country. In addition to teaching, Dr. Nagamoto had a private practice in Los Angeles prior to evacuation.
While at the Granada Relocation Center, Dr. Nagamoto organized the first dental clinic in the Centers and had twenty-five
dental students working under him in one wing of the pediatric wing of the hospital. When his son Kenneth, now a private first
class at Fort Snelling, decided to study dentistry at the University of Kansas, Dr. Nagamoto came to the Midwest with him
and was offered a faculty position by the director of the Kansas City Dental College, also a former student of Dr. Nagamoto.
Although Dr. Nagamoto says he prefers the people he knows in the Midwest to those back in California, he has not decided yet
where to settle permanently with his family. Except for the fact that there is no opportunity to do graduate teaching in his
special field, Dr. Nagamoto says he would stay here. My work is more important to me than anything else, Dr. Nagamoto said,
except for good schools for my children. My wife and one child are still at Granada and I'm going to visit them as soon as
school is over and decide where to go.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
This hostel at 2411 Independence Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, was formerly the parsonage of the Independence Avenue Methodist
Church which is next door. The Resettlement Committee of Kansas City expects to redecorate the spacious house and have it
ready for occupancy by the first of April. It will afford temporary housing and meals for evacuees wishing to resettle in
Kansas City.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
Harry S. Oshimo, an Issei resident of Kansas City for ten years, in his gift shop on Petticoat Lane in downtown Kansas City,
Missouri. Mr. Oshimo employs four Caucasian clerks. His busy shop is well-stocked with glassware, jewelry, figurines, pictures,
and many other commodities in the gift line. Mr. Oshimo has two sons in the Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
Harry S. Oshimo, an Issei resident of Kansas City for ten years, in his gift shop on Petticoat Lane in downtown Kansas City,
Missouri. Mr. Oshimo employs four Caucasian clerks. His busy shop is well-stocked with glassware, jewelry, figurines, pictures,
and many other commodities in the gift line. Mr. Oshimo has two sons in the Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
Tomiki Noda, a paroled alien, and his wife are employed in the home of an outstanding physician in Kansas City, Missouri.
When this picture was made, Mr. Noda said to tell the people at the centers that I'm as free as a bird. The Nodas' son, Kay,
will graduate from the University of Kansas City this June as a sociologist. Formerly of Hanford, California, the Noda family
were evacuated to the Jerome Center. They came to Kansas City when plans were made to close Jerome. They have a small apartment
in their sponsor's home. Recently when Mrs. Noda needed an expensive operation, their physician-employer made all the arrangements
and paid their hospital bills.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
Dr. John Shimokawa, who graduated from the Kansas City Dental College in the spring of 1944, has recently started a private
practice as an assistant to a Caucasian dentist in the heart of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Shimokawa teaches at the
Dental College in the daytime and takes care of the Caucasian dentist's night appointments. Born in Hawaii, Dr. Shimokawa
was a student at the University of Southern California at the time of evacuation. I enjoyed my six months at Santa Anita and
six months at Granada, Dr. Shimokawa said, because I got a year off from studies. His brother is a practicing M.D. in Hawaii
where the rest of Dr. Shimokawa's family live. His patient is Shizuko Yanaga, one of 270 resettlers in Kansas City, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
Dr. John Shimokawa, who graduated from the Kansas City Dental College in the spring of 1944, has recently started a private
practice as an assistant to a Caucasian dentist in the heart of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Shimokawa teaches at the
Dental College in the daytime and takes care of the Caucasian dentist's night appointments. Born in Hawaii, Dr. Shimokawa
was a student at the University of Southern California at the time of evacuation. I enjoyed my six months at Santa Anita and
six months at Granada, Dr. Shimokawa said, because I got a year off from studies. His brother is a practicing M.D. in Hawaii
where the rest of Dr. Shimokawa's family live. His patient is Shizuko Yanaga, one of 270 resettlers in Kansas City, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
Although George Matoi is over 60 years of age, the night foreman at Downey Box Company says he hates to see George leave.
Mr. Matoi started as a maintenance man a few months ago, and now has one of the highest paid unskilled jobs in the plant feeding
a label printer. Matoi, formerly of San Francisco, will return shortly to the Topaz Center where his wife is sick in the hospital.
Mr. Matoi came to Kansas City to be with his son who has recently opened offices here as a practicing optometrist.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
Although George Matoi is over 60 years of age, the night foreman at Downey Box Company says he hates to see George leave.
Mr. Matoi started as a maintenance man a few months ago, and now has one of the highest paid unskilled jobs in the plant feeding
a label printer. Matoi, formerly of San Francisco, will return shortly to the Topaz Center where his wife is sick in the hospital.
Mr. Matoi came to Kansas City to be with his son who has recently opened offices here as a practicing optometrist.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/3/45
More than 40 Nisei girls have used the National Training School for Christian girls in Kansas City, Missouri, for temporary
housing. The school for church workers has accommodations for 100 students, but only 40 students are enrolled at the present
time, among whom are three Nisei girls. They are Yuri Shimokoshi (right), formerly of Los Angeles and Heart Mountain; Miriko
Nagahama (middle), formerly of Glendale, California, and the Manzanar Center; and Toshiko Nagamori (left), formerly of Hollywood,
California and Heart Mountain. Fuji Kobayashi, of Los Angeles, California, and the Colorado River Center, is secretary to
the president of the National Training School. Miss Shimokoshi's parents have resettled in Cleveland; Miss Nagahama hopes
her parents will come to Kansas City. Miss Nagamori's family has returned to Los Angeles. As part of their four-year training,
the girls visit small towns nearby to assist with church services. Following their examinations, the girls will be eligible
for the rank of deacon.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/2/45
At the busy intersection of Troost and 47th Streets in Kansas City, Missouri, Dr. Roger Matoi has recently opened offices
of the Paramount Optical Company in partnership with a Caucasian friend. Dr. Matoi, a graduate of the University of California,
was practicing optometry in Oakland, California, at the time of evacuation. He received his Missouri state license in April
1944 and is employed by an optical concern in the daytime. At his private offices which are open from 6 to 9 in the evening,
Dr. Matoi makes eye examinations and writes the prescriptions, while his Caucasian partner grinds the lenses and fits the
glasses. The offices have only been opened a few months, and February was the best month thus far. The two partners said that
if they can double their February business, and they fully expect to, the investment will be worthwhile.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/2/45
More than 40 Nisei girls have used the National Training School for Christian girls in Kansas City, Missouri for temporary
housing. The school for church workers has accommodations for 100 students, but only 40 students are enrolled at the present
time, among whom are three Nisei girls. They are Yuri Shimokoshi (front), formerly of Los Angeles and Heart Mountain; Miriko
Nagahama (left), formerly of Hollywood, California, and the Heart Mountain Center. Fumi Kobayashi (right), of Los Angeles,
California, and the Colorado River Center, is secretary to the president of the National Training School. Miss Shimokoshi's
parents have resettled in Cleveland; Miss Nagahama hopes her parents will come to Kansas City; Miss Nagamori's family has
returned to Los Angeles. As part of their four-year training, the girls visit small towns nearby to assist with church services.
Following their examinations, the girls will be eligible for the rank of deacon.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/2/45
We're all set to go again, state Clarence Kimura and Kiyoshi Miya as they pose on their 170-acre farm in Birmingham, a suburb
about 9 miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri. Almost the entire farm is level bottom land on which they plan to grow most
cabbages and some tomato and other vegetable crops. Clarence and his wife, Hazel, are formerly of Woodland, California, and
relocated from the Granada, Colorado, center in March, 1944. Kiyoshi's hometown is Hanford, California, and he joined Clarence
from the Jerome, Arkansas center in June 1944. Both men are graduates of the University of California College of Agriculture
at Davis. In 1944, they operated a small acreage near Liberty, Missouri, raising tomatoes, cabbage, and beans on a semi-experimental
basis while learning the characteristics of local soil, climate, etc. They will be ready to begin operations in a few days
and other relocatees will be working on their farm this season. During winter, they secured temporary employment in essential
industries, securing their housing through the War Housing Center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/5/45
Ihei Hatanaka and Paul Koga, Isseis relocated in Kansas City, Missouri, are shown in front of the plant where they are employed--a
firm manufacturing corrugated containers. Mr. Hatanaka is formerly of Redondo Beach, California, and relocated from the Poston,
Arizona, Center with his wife and three small children in October 1944. Mr. Koga and his wife, May, are from Gardena, also
relocating from Poston, Arizona, arriving in Kansas City in May 1944 to join other members of their family already relocated.
The wives of the two men are sisters. Mrs. Koga, an expert seamstress, has a business of her own--taking orders for dressmaking.
The Hatanaka children have been well accepted in a local grammar school and both families hope to make Kansas City their permanent
home.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/4/45
Seated at the dining table among Caucasian students and faculty members of the National Training School for Christian girls
in Kansas City, Missouri, are three Nisei students. They are, left to right, Toshiko Nagamori, formerly of Hollywood, California,
and Heart Mountain; Yuriko Shimakoshi, formerly of Los Angeles and Heart Mountain; and Miriko Nagahama, formerly of Glendale,
California, and Manzanar. Another Nisei girl is employed in the school office. The president, Rev. Cloyd V. Gustavson, has
welcomed evacuee girls to stay with them either over night or for longer periods of time. Room and board amid pleasant surrounding
is provided at cost. Over 40 girls have taken advantage of this housing accommodation and additional newcomers will be welcome
to stay here. A family of five evacuees is at present renting one of the faculty apartments.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/4/45
For more than a half year, resettlers and Caucasians have been meeting twice monthly for a Cosmo Nite at the YWCA in Kansas
City, Missouri. Sponsored by Miss Tee Mikami, YWCA War Service Secretary, Cosmo Nite has been a popular source of entertainment
for a mixed crowd of approximately 90 persons. Movies, ping-pong, bridge, singing, dancing, skating, and even book reviews
and just plain talking have been among the Cosmo Group's activities.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/4/45
This social has been dubbed COSMO NITE. For over half a year, evacuees and Caucasians have been meeting twice monthly for
a Cosmo Nite at the YWCA in Kansas City, Missouri. Sponsored by the Y and fostered by Miss Tee Mikami, employed there as YWCA
War Service Secretary, Cosmo Nite has been a popular source of entertainment for a mixed crowd of approximately 90 persons.
Here, they have just seen some movies and are about to engage in other activities typical of Cosmo Nite, such as ping-pong,
bridge, singing, dancing and refreshments--or just plain talking. On special programs, there has been skating and even book
reviews.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/4/45
For more than a half year, resettlers and Caucasians have been meeting twice monthly at the YWCA in Kansas City, Missouri
for a social evening called Cosmo Nite. Sponsored by Miss Tee Mikami, YWCA War Service Secretary, Cosmo Nite has been a a
popular source of entertainment for a mixed crowd of approximately 90 persons. Movies, ping-pong, bridge, singing, dancing--or
just plain talking-- among the Cosmo Group's activities. Special programs have featured skating and even book reviews.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/4/45
This social has been dubbed COSMO NITE. For over half a year, evacuees and Caucasians have been meeting twice monthly for
a Cosmo Nite at the YWCA in Kansas City, Missouri. Sponsored by the Y and fostered by Miss Tee Mikami, employed there as YWCA
War Service Secretary, Cosmo Nite has been a popular source of entertainment for a mixed crowd of approximately 90 persons.
Here, they have just seen some movies and are about to engage in other activities typical of Cosmo Nite, such as ping-pong,
bridge, singing, dancing and refreshments--or just plain talking. On special programs, there has been skating and even book
reviews.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/4/45
Captain Carl Hirota, formerly of San Francisco and Topaz, was among the visitors at the semi-monthly Cosmo Nite at the YWCA
in Kansas City, Missouri. Captain Hirota, dental officer for an engineering battalion stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, practiced
dentistry for 8-1/2 years in San Francisco prior to evacuation. Chairman of the Topaz Center Council, Captain Hirota volunteered
in the Army the day after Secretary of War Stimson's announcement that Japanese-Americans were eligible for military service.
While in military service, Captain Hirota has seen most of the United States but still prefers California. He hopes to go
back there after his tour of duty with the Army and enter private dental practice again. I have served entirely with Caucasians
and have never experienced any discrimination north or south of the Mason-Dixon line, Captain Hirota said. If we prove ourselves
loyal during the war and good citizens after the war in civilian jobs, I think the hatred on the West Coast will fade away,
he said.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/4/45
For more than a half year, resettlers and Caucasians have been meeting twice monthly at the YWCA in Kansas City, Missouri,
for a social evening called Cosmo Nite. Sponsored by Miss Tee Mikami, YWCA War Service Secretary, Cosmo Nite has been a popular
source of entertainment for an average mixed crowd of ninety persons. Movies, ping-pong, bridge, singing, dancing--or just
plain talking--are among the Cosmo Group's activities. Special programs feature skating, book reviews, etc.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kansas City, Missouri. 3/4/45
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ohashi, with their three-week-old baby, Katherine, rent a modern two-bedroom bungalow near the most exclusive
residential section in St. Louis, Missouri. The Ohashis found this little house indirectly through friends after having been
in St. Louis a year. They rent the house furnished by the owner for $50 per month. The Okashis were married at Rohwer Center.
Ted is a graduate of the University of California and is now employed as a director of the aquatic activities at the St. Louis
YMCA.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/6/45
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ohashi, with their three-week-old baby, Katherine, rent a modern two-bedroom bungalow near the most exclusive
residential section in St. Louis, Missouri. The Ohashis found this little house indirectly through friends after having been
in St. Louis a year. They rent the house furnished by the owner for $50 per month. The Okashis were married at Rohwer Center.
Ted is a graduate of the University of California and is now employed as a director of the aquatic activities at the St. Louis
YMCA.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/6/45
Haru Tanaka, an Issei resident of St. Louis, Missouri, for 30 years, owns a small restaurant in the Negro district. He employs
8 Negro helpers and one Issei resettler cook and a part-time Nisei helper. Mr. and Mrs. Tanaka have three children, all of
them sons in military service. One son, Sgt. Chester Tanaka, is overseas and has been wounded twice. The other two sons expect
to be sent overseas shortly. The Tanakas are very much interested in having evacuees resettle in St. Louis as they feel that
St. Louis affords an opportunity for at least another restaurant business as well as other types of business opportunities.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/6/45
Sam Kuwahura, Issei cook, came to St. Louis in October 1944 from the Manzanar Center to help Mr. and Mrs. Haru Tanaka, old
residents of St. Louis, with their restaurant. Mr. Kuwahura is now working only part-time because of illness. The Tanakas
are glad to employ Issei in their restaurant. Applications may be sent to Haru Tanaka, 2628 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/6/45
Frank Hayashida, formerly of Fresno, California, and Rohwer Center, owns with his partner, George Teraoka, a modern dry-cleaning
establishment, Model Cleaners, located in the heart of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. In addition George manages the YMCA Tailor
Shop where Frank and George both worked before purchasing their own business. As the Model Cleaners is a 19-year-old establishment,
the two Nisei businessmen had a ready clientele from the beginning. They employ 14 Negro and Caucasian workers and are doing
approximately $1,000 worth of business weekly. They recently installed the finest type of dry cleaning machinery of which
OPA released three units in St. Louis. Theirs is the only dry-cleaning shop in downtown St. Louis with this new superior equipment.
Frank Hayashida says that the Model Cleaners could employ Issei and Nisei pressers and hat-cleaners in the shop. He could
also provide some housing as he has a six-room apartment over the shop and is using only one room at the present time. More
information can be secured by writing Frank Hayashida, 202 N. 18th Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/5/45
Frank Hayashida, formerly of Fresno, California, and Rohwer Center, owns with his partner, George Teraoka, a modern dry-cleaning
establishment, Model Cleaners, located in the heart of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. In addition George manages the YMCA Tailor
Shop where Frank and George both worked before purchasing their own business. As the Model Cleaners is a 19-year-old establishment,
the two Nisei businessmen had a ready clientele from the beginning. They employ 14 Negro and Caucasian workers and are doing
approximately $1,000 worth of business weekly. They recently installed the finest type of dry cleaning machinery of which
OPA released three units in St. Louis. Theirs is the only dry-cleaning shop in downtown St. Louis with this new superior equipment.
Frank Hayashida says that the Model Cleaners could employ Issei and Nisei pressers and hat-cleaners in the shop. He could
also provide some housing as he has a six-room apartment over the shop and is using only one room at the present time. More
information can be secured by writing Frank Hayashida, 202 N. 18th Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/5/45
Council House at 5625 Wells Street, St. Louis, Missouri, is a friendly community center, where children play at all hours.
The position of maintenance man at $100 per month is open at Council House. A three-room apartment will be available soon
in the immediate neighborhood. Children of Japanese descent have been warmly welcomed by the children at Council House.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/5/45
Kinya Kitamura, formerly of Seattle and Minidoka, came to St. Louis, Missouri, in November, 1943, as a chef in a private home,
3654 Flora Place, where he still lives. Mr. Kitamura, who is 62 years old, has done cooking in private homes most of his life.
The wife of his employer says she couldn't get along without him. He does not plan to go back to Seattle and says, I'm glad
to be away from the Center. All the people should leave the Centers. I stay in St. Louis. Mr. Kitamura can't understand why
other bachelor cooks don't leave the centers and take jobs like his. Cook positions are open in St. Louis in private homes,
restaurants, and institutions paying good wages.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/5/45
Kinya Kitamura, formerly of Seattle and Minidoka, came to St. Louis, Missouri in November, 1943, as a chef in a private home,
3654 Flora Place, where he still lives. Mr. Kitamura, who is 62 years old, has done cooking in private homes most of his life.
The wife of his employer says she couldn't get along without him. He does not plan to go back to Seattle and says, I'm glad
to be away from the Center. All the people should leave the Centers. I stay in St. Louis. Mr. Kitamura can't understand why
other bachelor cooks don't leave the centers and take jobs like his. Cook positions are open in St. Louis in private homes,
restaurants, and institutions paying good wages.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/5/45
Florence Abe, formerly of Tule Lake and Alice Yamaoka, formerly of Poston became a partnership in solving their housing problem.
Both girls are secretaries who, tired of living in single rooms, wanted an apartment where they could use all their domestic
talents. They managed to secure a cozy two-room apartment, completely furnished, including heat and utilities. The rent is
$8.50 per week. Apartments like this one can be rented in St. Louis, particularly if a person uses the energy to make the
place more home-like and cheery doing some painting and renovating. Mrs. John Sakai, who lives downstairs in the same building,
helped the girls decorate their apartment. Alice says, Our home is exactly the way we want it--peach walls in the living room
and green in the kitchen. Our pictures and plants are also arranged to suit our tastes. Some people speak of returning to
the West Coast as going home, but I feel that I am already home. Alice and Florence invite you to see their home at 3950 McPherson
Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/5/45
Florence Abe, formerly of Tule Lake and Alice Yamaoka, formerly of Poston became a partnership in solving their housing problem.
Both girls are secretaries who, tired of living in single rooms, wanted an apartment where they could use all their domestic
talents. They managed to secure a cozy two-room apartment, completely furnished, including heat and utilities. The rent is
$8.50 per week. Apartments like this one can be rented in St. Louis, particularly if a person uses the energy to make the
place more home-like and cheery doing some painting and renovating. Mrs. John Sakai, who lives downstairs in the same building,
helped the girls decorate their apartment. Alice says, Our home is exactly the way we want it--peach walls in the living room
and green in the kitchen. Our pictures and plants are also arranged to suit our tastes. Some people speak of returning to
the West Coast as going home, but I feel that I am already home. Alice and Florence invite you to see their home at 3950 McPherson
Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/5/45
Alice Yamaoka, formerly of Poston, Marci Sakai, formerly of Gila River, and Florence Abe, formerly of Tule Lake, in Alice
and Florence's apartment in St. Louis, Missouri. Alice and Florence are secretaries who, tired of living in single rooms,
wanted an apartment where they could use all their domestic talents. They managed to secure a cozy two-room apartment, completely
furnished, including heat and utilities. The rent is $8.50 per week. Apartments like this one can be rented in St. Louis,
particularly if a person uses the energy to make the place more home-like and cheery doing some painting and renovating. Mrs.
John Sakai, who lives downstairs in the same building, helped the girls decorate their apartment. Alice says, Our home is
exactly the way we want it--peach walls in the living room and green in the kitchen. Our pictures and plants are also arranged
to suit our tastes. Some people speak of returning to the West Coast as going home, but I feel that I am already home. Alice
and Florence invite you to see their home at 3950 McPherson Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
St. Louis, Missouri. 3/5/45
Teruo Mukoyama, an Issei resident of Chicago for 16 years, owns his Trading Company in the Garfield Park section of Chicago.
Mr. Mukoyama has several resettled employees in his prosperous gift shop. He is also Chicago correspondent for the Utah Nippo
and has written many articles on evacuee problems. Mr. Mukoyama is a member of the Garfield Art Businessmen's Association.
Both he and his brother, who is in business on Milwaukee Avenue, consider Chicago a good place to do business.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
Mrs. S. Okimoto, formerly of Seattle and Minidoka, operates the Wisteria Tea Room, 212 E. Ohio Street, in Chicago's fashionable
Gold Coast neighborhood. She's a pioneer--one of the first to leave a Relocation Center, said S. Nagano, an old Chicago Issei
resident, who has helped Mrs. Okimoto finance the restaurant. Chicago is a wonderful place, Mrs. Okimoto says, and I plan
to stay here--at least as long as business is as good as it is. The Wisteria Tea Room employs six regular workers and caters
to both Caucasians and resettlers. Mrs. Okimoto has a married daughter and a granddaughter.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
Denjuro Obayashi, who resettled in Chicago from Poston two years ago, is a chef in Fred's Restaurant, owned by Masakidu Sugita,
also a resettler. Mr. and Mrs. Sugita left the Gila River Center in June, 1944, and opened a restaurant a few months later
at 1014 Leland Avenue, Chicago.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
Thomas Masuda, well-known attorney and former civic leader in Seattle, Washington, is now associated with a Caucasian friend,
Oscar M. Nudelman, in a law firm at 134 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago. LaSalle Street is the Wall Street of Chicago.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/11/45
Pfc. Noboru Hokame, Hawaiian-born Japanese-American, and his Chicago buddy, Pfc. Charles P. Carroll, spent their convalescent
furlough together recently at Carroll's home, 2102 S. Central Park, Chicago 23, Illinois. Hokame, a member of the 100th Battalion
which was later merged into the 442nd Combat Team, was wounded in Italy and France and wears the Purple Heart with an oak
leaf cluster. Since Hokame could not go home to the Island of Maui on convalescent leave, Carroll invited him to Chicago where
the two boys have been warmly welcomed by Carroll's family and friends. Of Hokame's action on the front line, Carroll said,
I'd rather fight with just one unit of Japanese-Americans than an entire Army of ordinary soldiers. These boys mean business,
and you have a better chance of coming out of a battle intact with them than anybody else I know in the Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/9/45
Pfc. Noboru Hokame, Hawaiian-born Japanese-American, and his Chicago buddy, Pfc. Charles P. Carroll, spent their convalescent
furlough together recently at Carroll's home, 2102 S. Central Park, Chicago 23, Illinois. Hokame, a member of the 100th Battalion
which was later merged into the 442nd Combat Team, was wounded in Italy and France and wears the Purple Heart with an oak
leaf cluster. Since Hokame could not go home to the Island of Maui on convalescent leave, Carroll invited him to Chicago where
the two boys have been warmly welcomed by Carroll's family and friends. Of Hokame's action on the front line, Carroll said,
I'd rather fight with just one unit of Japanese-Americans than an entire Army of ordinary soldiers. These boys mean business,
and you have a better chance of coming out of a battle intact with them than anybody else I know in the Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/9/45
Emmet Duffy, Assistant State's Attorney, Pfc. Noboru Hokame, Hawaiian-born Japanese-American, and Pfc. Charles P. Carroll
visited the WRA offices in their convalescent leave. Hokame was a guest of Carroll's family at their home, 2102 S. Central
Park, Chicago 23, Illinois. A member of the 100th Battalion which was later transferred to the 442nd Combat Team, Hokame was
wounded in Italy and France and wears the Purple Heart with an oak leaf cluster. Of Hokame's action on the front lines, Carroll
said, I'd rather fight with just one unit of Japanese-Americans than an entire Army of ordinary soldiers. These boys mean
business, and you have a better chance of coming out of a battle intact with them than anybody else I know in the Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/9/45
Dr. Tom T. Watanabe, radiologist, is among the doctors and technicians employed in the largest X-ray laboratories in Chicago.
Dr. Watanabe is a graduate of the University of California and came to Chicago from Manzanar Medical School. Several Nisei
technicians and medical stenographers are employed in the Central X-ray and Clinical Laboratory, 58 East, Washington Street,
Chicago.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
The Fujimoto family, resettlers in Chicago from Jerome, have opened a grocery store specializing in Oriental foods at 3321
South Cottage Grove Avenue. Kumasuke and Harold Fujimoto owned a produce business for 15 years in Los Angeles prior to evacuation.
A customer, also a resettler, is Shigeru Yamamoto, who is employed in the laundry at the Stevens Hotel. Mr. Yamamoto left
the Granada Relocation Center several months ago to work at War Hemp, Wisconsin, but he preferred Chicago.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
Dr. Randolph Sakada, optometrist, has adjoining offices with Dr. Koki Kumamoto at 47th and Cottage Grove Avenue. Dr. Sakada
was formerly associated with a prominent eye physician in Oakland, California. Dr. Sakada resettled in Chicago from Tule Lake
Relocation Center. His patient is Rose Nojiri, formerly of Los Angeles and Manzanar.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
One of the finest repair shops in Chicago is owned by an Issei, Kankuro Matsumoto, 14 N. Michigan Ave., who employs resettlers
in his work. Mr. and Mrs. Matsumoto have lived in Chicago 25 years, having come here after five years in San Francisco. Mr.
Matsumoto specializes in repairing sculpture, painting lamps, and antiques and is so busy that he cannot accept any more orders
for work until September 1. The Matsumotos have three sons, one of whom is in France with the Army, and the other two are
still in high school.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
Taneichi Yamamoto, 57-year-old farmer of Salinas, California, came to Chicago from Poston a year ago and entered a new kind
of work. He does the heavier repairing in one of the finest repair shops in Chicago--owned by an old Issei resident, Kankuro
Matsumoto, 14 N. Michigan Ave. Mr. Yamamoto has six children, four of them boys, and all four in military service. Prior to
evacuation, Mr. Yamamoto was a farmer for 22 years in Salinas.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/11/45
Miss Marian Tanabe, formerly of San Diego and Poston; and Sakae Toda, formerly of Topaz and Centerville, California, are among
the resettlers in Chicago employed by Matsumoto's art and antique repair shop, 14 N. Michigan Avenue. Miss Tanabe, who lives
with older sisters employed in Chicago, has been here a year and a half. This shop is so busy with repair work that it cannot
accept additional orders until September 1, according to Kankuro Matsumoto, owner, and Issei resident of Chicago for 25 years.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
Mrs. Chiyono Osasa is employed by the St. Anthony's Hospital in the laundry. Her home was, before evacuation, at Port Angeles,
Washington. In April 1944 she came to Rockford from the Minidoka Relocation Center. Her son, Thomas Osasa, is with the U.
S. Army in Manila and her son-in-law, Bill Doi, is in training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Mrs. Osasa said, I have found
Rockford a friendly city.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
Mrs. Chiyono Osasa is employed by the St. Anthony's Hospital in the laundry. Her home was, before evacuation, at Port Angeles,
Washington. In April 1944 she came to Rockford from the Minidoka Relocation Center. Her son, Thomas Osasa, is with the U.
S. Army in Manila and her son-in-law, Bill Doi, is in training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Mrs. Osasa said, I have found
Rockford a friendly city.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
Mr. and Mrs. Sakuichi Sasaki, formerly of Marysville, California, and Granada, came to Rockford in March, 1944. The Sasakis,
who are employed as domestics, insisted on taking the photographer to their room which was very large and furnished with modern
maple furniture that also included several easy chairs and a davenport. Mrs. Sasaki said, Our employers treat us as if we
were members of their family. The work is not difficult and we have time to visit often with our Issei friends.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
Mr. and Mrs. Sakuichi Sasaki, formerly of Marysville, California, and Granada, came to Rockford in March, 1944. The Sasakis,
who are employed as domestics, insisted on taking the photographer to their room which was very large and furnished with modern
maple furniture that also included several easy chairs and a davenport. Mrs. Sasaki said, Our employers treat us as if we
were members of their family. The work is not difficult and we have time to visit often with our Issei friends.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
Mr. and Mrs. Sakuichi Sasaki, formerly of Marysville, California, and Granada, came to Rockford in March, 1944. The Sasakis,
who are employed as domestics, insisted on taking the photographer to their room which was very large and furnished with modern
maple furniture that also included several easy chairs and a davenport. Mrs. Sasaki said, Our employers treat us as if we
were members of their family. The work is not difficult and we have time to visit often with our Issei friends.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
Yazo Ishizaki formerly had his own jewelry and watch repair shop in Sacramento, California. He was evacuated to Tule Lake
and relocated from there to Rockford in August 1943. He like Rockford so well after he had been here a few months that he
purchased a home within a block from the new West Rockford High School. Mrs. Ishizaki and their sons, Robert, Norman, and
David, and their daughter Nancy came with him. Mrs. Rei Miwa, Mrs. Ishizaki's mother, also relocated with them. When asked
if he would return to Sacramento, Mr. Ishizaki replied, Don't you know? I sold my house in Sacramento. Then he went on to
say, After the expulsion order was lifted, we held a conference and all the members of my household agreed that since we had
been made to feel welcome in Rockford that we will continue to make this our home. The children are attending school here
and I know they like it. I am satisfied that there are excellent schools here.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
Mr. Donell Tekawa and family came to Rockford in October 1943 from the Granada Relocation Center. Mr. and Mrs. Tekawa are
employed at the Phoenix Cleaners. In addition, other Japanese Americans include Isamu Arita and Jack Oshita. Mrs. Tekawa's
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. S. Sasaki, have also relocated to Rockford and are employed as domestics.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
The shop foreman at Phoenix Cleaners is pleased with the work of his Japanese American employees. When asked if he would appear
in the picture, he said, Yes, if you'll promise to send me two more men to press and maybe one woman to do some alterations
and other sewing that needs to be done here. No promises were made but he certainly did indicate that Japanese Americans have
been well received in his plant. The plant is modern, well lighted and has a working force of fifty people. In the picture
are Donell Tekawa, formerly of Granada, Isamu Arita, formerly of Granada.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
At the Phoenix Cleaners Isamu Arita works as a presser. Before evacuation he had his own shop in Los Angeles. He relocated
from Granada in September 1943. Mr. Arita said, Mrs. Arita and our boys, Paul, Frank, and Tom, are all much happier here in
Rockford than they were in the relocation center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Rockford, Illinois. 3/13/45
Toshio Furukawa, formerly of Palo Alto, California, and Granada, is employed at the Hatfield Dental Laboratories in Peoria
until he can complete his last year of dental training to get his D.D.S. His mother, Mrs. Haru Furukawa, came to Peoria in
February, 1944, a few months after her son. Mr. Furukawa said, I like Peoria. It is a nice, progressive city. The people here
have treated my mother and me very fine, and while I enjoy the work of a dental technician, I do want to become a dentist
as soon as possible.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Peoria, Illinois. 3/14/45
Toshio Furukawa, formerly of Palo Alto, California, and Granada, is employed at the Hatfield Dental Laboratories in Peoria
until he can complete his last year of dental training to get his D.D.S. His mother, Mrs. Haru Furukawa, came to Peoria in
February, 1944, a few months after her son. Mr. Furukawa said, I like Peoria. It is a nice, progressive city. The people here
have treated my mother and me very fine, and while I enjoy the work of a dental technician, I do want to become a dentist
as soon as possible.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Peoria, Illinois. 3/14/45
Paul N. Nakamoto, a maintenance man at the St. Joseph Home, Peoria, Illinois, originally lived in Los Angeles. He came to
Peoria in December, from the Manzanar Relocation Center. I am pleased to be living in such a friendly place. The Midwest is
certainly different from what I expected. If the Issei that are still in the centers could only see and know how good the
Issei that are relocated are getting along, I am sure they would leave the camps soon, Mr. Nakamoto said.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Peoria, Illinois. 3/14/45
Hal Takaoka, floral designer, brought his wife and daughter to Peoria in December 1943 from Manzanar. Mr. Takaoka formerly
lived in Los Angeles. His daughter started kindergarten last year and this year she is in the first grade. I enjoy my work
here as a floral designer, said Mr. Takaoka. This is my first job since coming to the Midwest and I have found working and
living here pleasant for myself and my family.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Peoria, Illinois. 3/14/45
Dr. Sam Kuramoto, osteopath, formerly had a medical practice in Los Angeles, and came directly to Des Moines, Iowa, where
he enrolled at the Still College of Osteopathy, instead of going to a Relocation Center. In November, 1944, he opened medical
offices in Webster City, a town of 7,000 about 80 miles from Des Moines. I've been busy from the very first day, Dr. Kuramoto
said, and I'm having to work night and day. Most of Dr. Kuramoto's patients are Caucasian, and when the WRA photographer visited
him March 17, 1945, he had to wait a long time to take his picture--so many patients were waiting to see Dr. Kuramoto. His
office is located at 713 Wilson Avenue, Webster City, Iowa. Dr. Kuramoto and his wife, Ayeko, live at 717 First Street.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Webster City, Iowa. 3/17/45
Dr. Sam Kuramoto, osteopath, formerly had a medical practice in Los Angeles, and came directly to Des Moines, Iowa, where
he enrolled at the Still College of Osteopathy, instead of going to a Relocation Center. In November, 1944, he opened medical
offices in Webster City, a town of 7,000 about 80 miles from Des Moines. I've been busy from the very first day, Dr. Kuramoto
said, and I'm having to work night and day. Most of Dr. Kuramoto's patients are Caucasian, and when the WRA photographer visited
him March 17, 1945, he had to wait a long time to take his picture--so many patients were waiting to see Dr. Kuramoto. His
office is located at 713 Wilson Avenue, Webster City, Iowa. Dr. Kuramoto and his wife, Ayeko, live at 717 First Street.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Webster City, Iowa. 3/17/45
Dr. Sam Kuramoto, osteopath, formerly had a medical practice in Los Angeles, and came directly to Des Moines, Iowa, where
he enrolled at the Still College of Osteopathy, instead of going to a Relocation Center. In November, 1944, he opened medical
offices in Webster City, a town of 7,000 about 80 miles from Des Moines. I've been busy from the very first day, Dr. Kuramoto
said, and I'm having to work night and day. Most of Dr. Kuramoto's patients are Caucasian, and when the WRA photographer visited
him March 17, 1945, he had to wait a long time to take his picture--so many patients were waiting to see Dr. Kuramoto. His
office is located at 713 Wilson Avenue, Webster City, Iowa. Dr. Kuramoto and his wife, Ayeko, live at 717 First Street.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Webster City, Iowa. 3/17/45
May Ideta, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Ideta-Minami, formerly of Seattle and the Minidoka Center, at Drake University,
Des Moines, Iowa. The Ideta-Minami family chose Des Moines as a place to live because May and their second daughter, Yuki,
were enrolled as students at Drake University. The two younger children are attending public schools in Des Moines. May is
in her junior year at Drake and is an economics major. One of May's Caucasian friends said, May is very popular on the campus
here. A number of Nisei attend Drake University. The business manager of the college told WRA, Take all the pictures you like.
They are fine people and good students.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/17/45
May Ideta, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Ideta-Minami, formerly of Seattle and the Minidoka Center, at Drake University,
Des Moines, Iowa. The Ideta-Minami family chose Des Moines as a place to live because May and their second daughter, Yuki,
were enrolled as students at Drake University. The two younger children are attending public schools in Des Moines. May is
in her junior year at Drake and is an economics major. One of May's Caucasian friends said, May is very popular on the campus
here. A number of Nisei attend Drake University. The business manager of the college told WRA, Take all the pictures you like.
They are fine people and good students.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/17/45
The Ideta-Minami family and a neighbor's child around the piano in their new home in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi
Ideta (Minami) came to Des Moines because their two older daughters, May and Yuki, enrolled in Drake University. Their former
home was in Seattle, Washington, where Mr. Ideta (Minami) had a substantial importing business in fishing tackles. The Ideta-Minami
family came to Des Moines a year ago from the Minidoka Relocation Center. They purchased a 12-room house at 2023 W. Grand
Avenue, a fine old residential section. They rent rooms to both Caucasian and Japanese Americans, and as a side-line, Mr.
Ideta-Minami sells oriental provisions. From left to right: Mitsi Ideta (at piano); May Ideta; Yuki Ideta; Akio Ideta; Henry
Ideta (high school student employed part-time in a shoe store); a Caucasian friend of Akio's, Bob Paul; Mrs. Ideta and Mr.
Kiyoshi Ideta-Minami
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/17/45
Mr. Kiyoshi (Ideta) Minami, formerly of Seattle, Washington, and the Minidoka Relocation Center, brought his wife and five
children to Des Moines, Iowa, a year ago because a Center is no place for children to grow up. They become spoiled. He purchased
a 12-room house in a fine old residential section of Des Moines, 2023 W. Grand Avenue. The two older Ideta girls attend Drake
University and the third daughter and two sons are in public schools. The Ideta family rent rooms to Caucasian and Japanese-Americans
in their home and they also rent a six-room unfurnished apartment over their garage. Mr. Ideta-Minami said that he would be
glad to answer letters of inquiry from Center residents who would like to know more about Iowa. As a side-line, Mr. Ideta-Minami
sells oriental provisions.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/17/45
Mr. Kiyoshi (Ideta) Minami, formerly of Seattle, Washington, and the Minidoka Relocation Center, brought his wife and five
children to Des Moines, Iowa, a year ago because a Center is no place for children to grow up. They become spoiled. He purchased
a 12-room house in a fine old residential section of Des Moines, 2023 W. Grand Avenue. The two older Ideta girls attend Drake
University and the third daughter and two sons are in public schools. The Ideta family rent rooms to Caucasian and Japanese-Americans
in their home and they also rent a six-room unfurnished apartment over their garage. Mr. Ideta-Minami said that he would be
glad to answer letters of inquiry from Center residents who would like to know more about Iowa. As a side-line, Mr. Ideta-Minami
sells oriental provisions.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/17/45
Shiro Mori, 56-year-old bachelor, came to Des Moines, Iowa three months ago from the Granada Center to work as a chef in a
night club here. Mr. Mori, who formerly lived in Los Angeles, was also at Granada, Tule Lake and the Santa Anita Assembly
Center. He has a room in the home of an Issei, Kiyoshi Ideta-Minami, who rents rooms and apartments to both Caucasians and
Japanese Americans. Mr. Mori says he like Des Moines very much, but he hopes to visit a number of cities where Japanese Americans
have resettled. He likes to travel.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/17/45
George Yoshida, formerly of Lindsay, California, just brought his wife, two children, and two sisters-in-law to Des Moines,
Iowa, from the Gila River Center. Mr. Yoshida, who is employed at a harvester company in Des Moines, is helping unload furniture
at the Friends Hostel, 2150 Grand Avenue, where his family are staying until they can find permanent housing. Mr. Ross Wilbur,
Director of the Hostel, has set up a furniture pool, whereby resettlers can borrow furniture until they are able to purchase
or have their own furniture.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/16/45
Asajiro Nishimoto, Issei in charge of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Department of Jack Love's Modern meat and food market,
35th and Ingersoll, Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Nishimoto, formerly of Los Angeles and the Jerome Center, came to Des Moines because
his son-in-law was in medical school here. His son-in-law has recently opened offices in Marshalltown, Iowa, about 60 miles
from Des Moines. Asked if he liked Des Moines, Mr. Nishimoto said, The people are very nice here. I hope to stay.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/16/45
Mrs. Verlin Yamamoto, formerly of San Francisco and Gila River Center, buys her Saturday groceries at a modern meat and food
market located near her home, 3920-1/2 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/16/45
Little Judith Yamamoto went to the grocery store with her mother but was stopped outside by some admiring children. The Verlin
Yamamoto family, formerly of San Francisco and Gila River, have resettled in Des Moines, Iowa.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/16/45
Harrison Wakida, son of Mrs. Ruth Wakida, formerly of Gila River Center and Selma, California, playing in the children's sand
box with the daughter of Ross Wilbur, Director of the Friends Hostel, 2150 Grand Ave., Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Wakida is dietician
at the Friends Hostel, which is being operated as temporary housing quarters for Japanese Americans. The Hostel has quarters
for 25 to 30 persons. There were 27 persons of Japanese descent there March 17, 1945, who were looking for permanent housing
in Des Moines.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/17/45
Jack Ikemoto, formerly of San Jose, California, and Heart Mountain, arrived with his wife, Susie, and baby, Elaine, at the
Friends Hostel in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 16, 1945. They are shown here with Mrs. Elizabeth Wilbur, wife of the Director
of the Hostel, and will stay at the Hostel until they can find permanent housing. Mr. Ikemoto chose Des Moines as the best
place for his family to live after visiting New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Chicago. He hopes to find employment as an auto
mechanic.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 3/16/45
Mrs. Kay Korematsu, formerly of Tule Lake and Marysville, California, in front of her house on the $135,000 farm that her
husband has leased near Grand Island, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Hi Korematsu have accommodations for several families in this
modern home which has an all-electric kitchen and is nicely furnished. Mr. Korematsu can provide housing for 12 families on
his farm. Wages are excellent and for those who stay permanently a bonus will be given on the basis of the profits each year.
For single men who can operate a tractor and help irrigate the land, Mr. Korematsu will pay $125 per month plus room and board.
Married men will be provided housing, $140 per month and their groceries at wholesale prices. Mr. Korematsu will develop the
800 acres for truck-gardening, and expects to plant several thousand potatoes the first of April, with other crops to follow--tomatoes,
beets, carrots, lettuce, etc. His address is Route No. 1, Shelton, Nebraska. A little yellow school house for elementary grades
is located near the main farm house; the high school is three miles away, and Mrs. Korematsu furishes transportation to the
high school.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Nebraska. 3/19/45
Norman Tanabe, formerly of Topaz and Marysville, California, works on the $135,000 farm leased by Hi Korematsu. Mr. Korematsu
has 800 irrigated acres which were formerly planted with corn, but which he hopes to develop for truck gardening crops this
spring if enough farm workers are available. The farm has $30,000 worth of equipment. Mr. Korematsu can provide housing for
12 families and schools are located nearby. Wages are $125 per month plus room and board for single men, and a share in the
profits if they stay permanently, and $140 for married men plus housing and groceries at wholesale prices. Women and children
can also earn money at certain seasons, bunching potatoes, crating spinach, etc., and the compensation is .35 to .50 per hour.
Mr. Korematsu's address is Route No. 1, Shelton, Nebraska.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Nebraska. 3/19/45
Peter Omachi, formerly of Tule Lake, Topaz, and Loomis, California, works on the $135,000 farm leased by Hi Korematsu, formerly
of Topaz and Oakland, California. Mr. Omachi has a wife and six children living on the Korematsus' farm. The younger children
attend a little yellow school house located near the Korematsus' main farm house, and the older children are driven to high
school three miles away by Mrs. Korematsu each day. They are well liked in school. Mr. Korematsu needs additional farm workers
immediately and for those who stay permanently on the 800-acre irrigated truck gardening farm, Mr. Korematsu will give a bonus
at the end of each year based on profits. Single men who are skilled can earn $125 per month plus room and board, and married
men will receive $140 per month, housing and groceries at wholesale prices. Mr. Korematsu has $30,000 worth of equipment including
tractors, trucks, discs, harrows, etc. Mr. Korematsu's address is Route No. 1, Shelton, Nebraska.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Nebraska. 3/19/45
Norman Tanabe, formerly of Topaz and Marysville, California, Hi Korematsu, formerly of Topaz and Oakland, California, and
Peter Omachi, formerly of Topaz and Loomis, California, in front of the corn produced on the $130,000 farm which Hi Korematsu
has leased for truck-gardening this year. Instead of corn, Mr. Korematsu will grow potatoes, tomatoes, beets, lettuce and
other garden crops on the 800 irrigated acres this spring. He needs additional workers immediately and can provide housing
for 12 families. Schools are located conveniently to the farm and Japanese American children are well-liked. The farm has
$30,000 worth of equipment, including tractor, trucks, harrows, discs, etc. Mr. Korematsu has been in farming all his life
and did so well on the farm last year that a company is financing him this year in truck-gardening. In addition to providing
housing, he will pay $125 per month for single men plus room and board; $140 for married men and groceries at wholesale, and
for those who stay permanently, he will give a bonus based on the profits at the end of the year. Mr. Korematsu's address
is Route No. 1, Shelton, Nebraska.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Nebraska. 3/19/45
Norman Tanabe, formerly of Topaz and Marysville, California; Hi Korematsu, formerly of topaz and Oakland; and Peter Omachi,
formerly of Topaz and Loomis, California, with some of the $30,000 worth of equipment on the farm leased by Mr. Korematsu,
Shelton, Nebraska. This $135,000 farm has been used formerly for corn, but Mr. Korematsu plans to plant garden crops on its
800 irrigated acres this spring. He needs workers immediately and can provide housing for 12 families. Mr. Omachi has six
children, five of them in schools located conveniently to the farm. In addition to providing housing, Mr. Korematsu will pay
a bonus each year based on the profits. Mr. Korematsu has been in farming all his life, is a 1939 graduate of Cornell, and
did so well on this farm last year that a company has financed him so he can lease it this year with an option to buy. Address
is Hi Korematsu, Routh #1, Shelton, Nebraska. Women and children can also earn money on the farm seasonally. Wages are 35-50
cents per hour for bunching potatoes, crating spinach, etc.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Nebraska. 3/19/45
Norman Tanabe, formerly of Topaz and Marysville, California; Hi Korematsu, formerly of Topaz and Oakland; and Peter Omachi,
formerly of Topaz and Loomis, California, with some of the $20,000 worth of equipment on the farm leased by Mr. Korematsu,
Shelton, Nebraska. This $135,000 farm has been used formerly for corn, but Mr. Korematsu plans to plant garden crops on its
800 irrigated acres this spring. He needs workers immediately and can provide housing for 12 families. Mr. Omachi has six
children, five of them in schools located conveniently to the farm. In addition to providing housing, Mr. Korematsu will pay
a bonus each year based on the profits. Mr. Korematsu has been in farming all his life, is a 1939 graduate of Cornell, and
did so well on this farm last year that a company has financed him so he can lease it this year with an option to buy. Address
is Hi Korematsu, Route No. 1, Shelton, Nebraska. Women and children can also earn money on the farm seasonally. Wages are
35 to 50 cents per hour for bunching potatoes, crating spinach, etc.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Nebraska. 3/19/45
The six children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Omachi on the $135,000 farm near Grand Island, Nebraska, leased by Hi Korematsu. The
children are Albert, Gertrude, and Elaine in front, and the Omachi twins, Jean and Joan, and Esther. All five of the older
Omachi children attend schools located conveniently to the Korematsu farm. Instead of corn, Mr. Korematsu plans to plant garden
crops on his 800 irrigated acres this spring. He needs workers immediately and can provide housing for 12 families. In addition
to providing housing, Mr. Korematsu will pay $125 per month to single men plus board, and $140 per month to married men plus
groceries at wholesale prices. To those who stay on permanently, Mr. Korematsu will pay a bonus at the end of each year based
on profits. Women and children can also earn money on the farm doing seasonal labor. Wages are 35 to 50 cents per hour for
bunching potatoes, crating spinach, etc. Address is Hi Korematsu, Route No. 1, Shelton, Nebraska.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Nebraska. 3/19/45
Fred S. Doi, formerly of Gila River Center and Fresno, California, came to the Omar Farm outside of Omaha, Nebraska, a year
and a half ago to learn dairying. He started at $75 per month plus a house for his family and now receives $125 per month
and has been promised another raise. He is in charge of 48 cows and all the dairy equipment. He increased the milk production
from 40 gallons per day to 110 to 115 gallons per day, and is enthusiastic about dairying and the Midwest. There are lots
of good chances for families to go into dairy farming now even if they have had no experience, like me, and you can't fail
on a dairy farm, Mr. Doi said. The entire Doi family, including a brother and sister-in-law and her child, are enthusiastic
about Omar Farm and their employers who own a chain of flour mills and bakeries throughout the Midwest. The Omar Farm consists
of 220 acres and is an experimental enterprise, in addition to supplying milk and poultry products to leading Omaha institutions.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Omaha, Nebraska. 3/19/45
Thomas Nakanishi, born in Honolulu, and formerly of Fowler, California, and Gila River Center, is in charge of the poultry
on the 220 acre experimental Omar Farm, located 17 miles from Omaha. Mr. Nakanishi knew nothing about poultry raising 15 months
ago when he arrived at the Omar Farm, but he has increased the farm's proceeds from poultry immensely, and has received a
license for poultry work. He spends his spare time studying in the poultry field. He sister, Mrs. Kawami, and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Fred S. Doi, can work whenever they feel like it, grading eggs at 40 cents per hour, and performing other jobs connected
with poultry.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Omaha, Nebraska. 3/20/45
With the exception of the manager and several part-time helpers, this family operates Omar Farm, a 220-acre experimental dairy
and poultry enterprise located 17 miles from Omaha, Nebraska. They are Fred S. Doi, formerly of Gila River Center and Fresno,
California; his brother-in-law, Thomas Nakanishi, born in Honolulu, and formerly of Gila River and Fowler, California; and
Tom's sister, Mrs. Kenneth Kawami, with her baby, David; and Mrs. Fred Doi with two of her three children, Chieri and Dickie.
The oldest Doi child was in school when the photographer visited the Omar Farm. Mrs. Kawami's husband has been in the Army
four years, and is now stationed in France. The whole family is enthusiastic about dairy and poultry farming, having known
only vineyard farming in California.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Omaha, Nebraska. 3/20/45
Fred S. Doi, formerly of the Gila River Center and Fresno, California; and his brother-in-law, Thomas Nakanishi, formerly
of Gila River and Fowler, California, are in charge of dairying and poultry on the 220-acre experimental Omar Farm, located
17 miles from Omaha, Nebraska. With the exception of the manager and several part-time helpers, Mr. Doi and Mr. Nakanishi
operate the entire enterprise, and are enthusiastic. Neither one of us knew anything about dairy farming or poultry management
until we came here a year and a half ago. On a farm like this you can't fail, Mr. Doi said. Tell the people at the centers
that there are lots of good chances now for people who haven't any experience to make good on a dairy farm. We hope to own
our own someday. I doubt if we'll ever go back to California. All we knew there was vineyards.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Omaha, Nebraska. 3/20/45
Mr. and Mrs. Tokuichi Takagi, formerly of Heart Mountain Center and Pomona, California, have purchased a 17-1/2-acre truck
garden in Council Bluffs, Iowa, after having made good on the small farm last year. They bought the farm in the name of their
son, George, who was recently drafted. His wife and two children are living with Mr. and Mrs. Takagi, and the young Mrs. Takagi
helps out in the greenhouse when extra labor is needed. The greenhouses which furnish seedlings to most of the Victory Gardens
in Omaha and Council Bluffs are still owned by the former owner of the farm, Mr. Arthur Block, who is helping the Takagis
to make a success of their enterprise.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Council Bluffs, Iowa. 3/20/45
Mr. and Mrs. Tokuichi Takagi, formerly of Heart Mountain Center and Pomona, California, have purchased a 17-1/2-acre truck
garden in Council Bluffs, Iowa, after having made good on the small farm last year. They bought the farm in the name of their
son, George, who was recently drafted. His wife and two children are living with Mr. and Mrs. Takagi, and the young Mrs. Takagi
helps out in the greenhouse when extra labor is needed. The greenhouses which furnish seedlings to most of the Victory Gardens
in Omaha and Council Bluffs are still owned by the former owner of the farm, Mr. Arthur Block, who is helping the Takagi's
to make a success of their enterprise.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Council Bluffs, Iowa. 3/20/45
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tsuji, formerly of Granada and Los Angeles, shown with their two daughters and Mrs. Leslie Smith, their employer.
Mr. Tsuji does landscape gardening on the Smith grounds and is furnished a small house for his wife and youngest child, Grace.
The older daughter, Mrs. Margaret Muto, helps with domestic work in the Smith home where she has rooms. One son, Sam, is in
the Army, and a second son, Tom, has a reserve status. The lovely Smith home and grounds are located at 2218 North 56th Street,
Omaha, Nebraska. Many such opportunities are available in Midwest cities.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Omaha, Nebraska. 3/20/45
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tsuji, formerly of Granada and Los Angeles, with one of their children, Grace, in front of the Smith estate,
2218 N. 56th Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Tsuji does the landscape gardening and odd jobs around the Smith grounds while his
daughter, Margaret, who has rooms in the Smith home next door helps with domestic work and teaches in the Benson Baptist Sunday
School. Her husband, Ruozo Muto, has been employed in an Omaha auto concern for more than a year.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Omaha, Nebraska. 3/20/45
Grace Tsuji, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tsuji, formerly of the Granada Center and Los Angeles; and Jerry Smith
daughter of the Tsuji's employers, in the yard of the Smith estate in Omaha, Nebraska, where Mr. Tsuji is employed as landscape
gardener. Mr. Tsuji formerly operated a fruit market in Los Angeles.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Omaha, Nebraska. 3/20/45
A scene in the Chicago Relocation Division of the War Relocation Authority where relocatees are being interviewed for relocation
and assistance.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
A scene in the Chicago Relocation Division of the War Relocation Authority where relocatees are being interviewed for relocation
and assistance.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 3/10/45
Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross was posthumously made to Pfc. Kiyoshi Muranaga at one o'clock Saturday, April
21, 1945, in the high school auditorium. His mother, Mrs. Kikuyo Muranaga received the medal, which was presented by Col.
Polk Atkinson of Fort Collins, acting under the Seventh Service Command of Omaha, Nebraska. Muranaga was killed in action
last June 26 near Sureveto, Italy, while serving on the crew of a mortar. His action in staying with his gun caused the withdrawal
of the enemy crew manning an 88 millimeter. Just before withdrawing, a direct hit from the gun killed Muranaga instantly after
the rest of the group manning the mortar had taken positions of comparative safety.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Amache, Colorado. 4/21/45
Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross was posthumously made to Pfc. Kiyoshi Muranaga at one o'clock Saturday, April
21, 1945, in the high school auditorium. His mother, Mrs. Kikuyo Muranaga, received the medal, which was presented by Col.
Polk Atkinson of Fort Collins, acting under the Seventh Service Command of Omaha, Nebraska. Muranaga was killed in action
last June 26 near Sureveto, Italy, while serving on the crew of a mortar. His action in staying with his gun caused the withdrawal
of the enemy crew manning an 88 millimeter. Just before withdrawing, a direct hit from the gun killed Muranaga instantly after
the rest of the group manning the mortar had taken positions of comparative safety.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Amache, Colorado. 4/25/45
Gold stars are here being presented by K. Okura, USO representative, to mothers whose sons were killed in action. This presentation
was made in the high school auditorium April 21, 1945.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Amache, Colorado. 4/21/45
Gold stars are here being presented by K. Okura, USO representative, to mothers whose sons were killed in action. This presentation
was made in the high school auditorium April 21, 1945.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Amache, Colorado. 4/21/45
The program for the war memorial services in honor of Sgt. James S. Karatsu and S/Sgt. Masami Sakamoto, April 21, 1945, held
at the high school auditorium and sponsored by the Blue Star Service Club, was opened with the flag raising ceremony by the
Boy Scouts of the Amache Center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Amache, Colorado. 4/21/45
S/Sgt. Henry H. Gosho served 16 months in the Burma-India theatre attached to Army Combat Intelligence with General Frank
Merrill's Marauders until April, 1945, at which time he returned to the United States and is now convalescing at Fitzsimons
General Hospital preparatory to being given a medical discharge. He volunteered for duty at Camp Savage in November, 1942,
while living at the Minidoka Center, and volunteered for the Marauders in August, 1943. His was the first unit to be created
from Camp Savage which left the United States in June, 1943. He wears the Presidential Citation, Bronze Star, the Pacific
Ribbon with 3 campaign stars, the Combat Infantry Badge, and the shoulder patch of Merrill's Marauders. General Merrill said
to his Nisei outfit, I don't know how we would get along without you boys. Sgt. Gosho was affectionately nicknamed Horizontal
Hank because he hit the ground so much he wore it out. The doctors had declared him to be flat-footed and physically not qualified
for combat. Despite these handicaps he wore out 4 pairs of shoes in walking 1030 miles and contracted malaria 7 times in addition
to other tropical diseases. Prior to evacuation to Minidoka, his parents operated a drug store in Seattle.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Denver, Colorado. 4/21/45
S/Sgt. Henry H. Gosho served 16 months in the Burma-India theatre attached to Army Combat Intelligence with General Frank
Merrill's Marauders until April, 1945, at which time he returned to the United States and is now convalescing at Fitzsimons
General Hospital preparatory to being given a medical discharge. He volunteered for duty at Camp Savage in November, 1942,
while living at the Minidoka Center, and volunteered for the Marauders in August, 1943. His was the first unit to be created
from Camp Savage which left the United States in June, 1943. He wears the Presidential Citation, Bronze Star, the Pacific
Ribbon with 3 campaign stars, the Combat Infantry Badge, and the shoulder patch of Merrill's Marauders. General Merrill said
to his Nisei outfit, I don't know how we would get along without you boys. Sgt. Gosho was affectionately nicknamed Horizontal
Hank because he hit the ground so much he wore it out. The doctors had declared him to be flat-footed and physically not qualified
for combat. Despite these handicaps he wore out 4 pairs of shoes in walking 1030 miles and contracted malaria 7 times in addition
to other tropical diseases. Prior to evacuation to Minidoka, his parents operated a drug store in Seattle.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Denver, Colorado. 4/25/45
S/Sgt. Henry H. Gosho, left, and Pfc. James Yura, right, are seen looking over War Relocation Authority photographs of some
of their comrades. Sgt. Gosho served 16 months in the Burma-India theatre attached to Army Combat Intelligence with General
Frank Merrill's Marauders until April, 1945, at which time he returned to the United States and is now convalescing at Fitzsimons
General Hospital preparatory to being given a medical discharge. He wears the Presidential Citation, Bronze Star, the Pacific
Ribbon with 3 campaign stars, the Combat Infantry Badge, and the shoulder patch of Merrill's Marauders. He was nicknamed Horizontal
Hank because of his ability to hit the ground fast when a shell came his way. Although declared by doctors to be flat-footed
and not qualified physically for combat, he walked 1030 miles and contracted malaria 7 times in addition to other tropical
diseases. Prior to evacuation to Minidoka, his parents operated a drug store in Seattle. Pvt. Yura joined the 442nd Combat
Team, an all Japanese-American outfit, just north of Rome and fought north through Italy with it assigned to a machine-gun
section. In the Vosges Forest in France he participated in the rescue of the Lost Battalion, the 141st Regiment from Texas.
He was wounded in Southern France, November 6, 1945, and was hospitalized two months in England before being returned to the
United States. His mother, Mrs. Mikiyo Yura, and two sisters, Mrs. George Kaneko and Mrs. Everett Itanaga, live in Denver.
He volunteered from Poston, May 1943, and wears the Purple Heart and a Presidential Citation. His home before evacuation was
Bakersfield, California.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Denver, Colorado. 4/28/45
Mrs. Nisaku Araki, mother of Toru Araki, transplants some of the plants in her son's greenhouse in Seattle. Another son, Minoru
Araki, is with the Army in France. The Araki family was formerly of Hunt, Idaho.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Toru Araki, formerly of Hunt, Idaho, is mending the roof of his greenhouses in Seattle. Toru is a University of Washington
graduate, who with his wife and two small daughters have recently relocated in their home at 839 Elmgrove Avenue in Seattle.
A brother, Minoru Araki, is with the army in France.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Mr. and Mrs. Toru Araki and their daughters, Susan and Louise, and Toru's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Nisaku Araki, in
front of their Seattle home. Toru is a University of Washington graduate, who with his wife and children have recently relocated
from Minidoka to their home at 839 Elmgrove Avenue in Seattle. A brother, Minoru Araki, is with the army in France.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Mrs. Toru Araki is busy with the family laundry. Mr. Araki is a University of Washington graduate, who with his wife and two
small daughters have recently relocated in their home at 839 Elmgrove Avenue in Seattle. A brother, Minoru Araki, is with
the army in France.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Toru Araki and his two daughters, Susan and Louise, have their pictures taken with their puppy, Dule, and a Caucasian neighbor
playmate. The little girl, Joan, is a frequent visitor from her home next door, and the Araki children were invited to a birthday
party at her home within a week after their return from Minidoka. Toru is a University of Washington graduate, who with his
wife and two small daughters have recently relocated in their home at 839 Elmgrove Avenue in Seattle. A brother, Minoru Araki,
is with the army in France.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Toru Araki, formerly of Hunt, Idaho, is here shown with tomato and celery plants which were grown in one of his greenhouses.
These will be transplanted in a field. Toru is a University of Washington graduate, who with his wife and two small daughters
have recently relocated in their home at 839 Elmgrove Avenue in Seattle. A brother, Minoru Araki, is with the army in France.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Mrs. Emon Ikuda, formerly of Heart Mountain, prepares a family meal on her own stove for the first time since evacuation.
Mr. and Mrs. Emon Ikuda and their son Mitsuo were White River Valley's first returnees.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kent, Washington. 5/13/45
Mrs. Emon Ikuda has plenty of household tasks to keep her busy now since her return to their home near Kent, Washington ...
gone are the leisure hours of the relocation center at Heart Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Emon Ikuda and their son, Mitsuo, were
White River Valley's first returnees.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kent, Washington. 5/13/45
White River Valley's first returnees are Mr. and Mrs. Emon Ikuda and their son Mitsuo, from Heart Mountain. They are shown
by the garden pool in the front yard of their home near Kent, Washington. Mitsuo missed out on the pictures because he was
in town doing the family shopping.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kent, Washington. 5/13/45
Mr. Emon Ikuda proudly displays some of his rhubarb crop grown on his farm near Kent, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Emon Ikuda
and their son Mitsuo, were White River Valley's first returnees.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kent, Washington. 5/13/45
The Eleanor Apartments which consists of thirty-two units, of which twenty-two are rented to Caucasian defense workers, are
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Kato, formerly from Minidoka. Standing left to right in front of the apartment house are, Mr. D. Kasakabi
and three-year-old son Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Kato; Mrs. Jeannette Otsuka; and Mrs. Kasakabi, recently relocated in Seattle from
Minidoka. The Katos' son Haruo was recently awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in France with the 442nd Combat Battalion.
One daughter is working for the U.S. Treasury Procurement Office in Seattle, and another is working for the American Friends
Service Committee in Seattle.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Mr. and Mrs. Seinosuke Nishimura of Seattle inside one of their greenhouses typing tomato plants. Mr. Nishimura had a few
problems when he returned to Seattle, involving legal difficulties of persuading tenants to leave, but he reports that everything
has been settled and things are working out fine now. He reports that the Caucasian neighbors have been very friendly and
helpful since his return to the city with his family.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/12/45
Frank Kubota, a returned veteran, at work in the machine shop of the Ravenna Metal Products company in Seattle. Kubota secured
his job through the veterans placement bureau, and was recently initiated into Local 79, International Association of Machinists,
A.F.L.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/12/45
Frank Kubota, a returned veteran, at work in the machine shop of the Ravenna Metal Products company in Seattle. Kubota secured
his job through the veterans placement bureau, and was recently initiated into Local 79, International Association of Machinists,
A.F.L.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/12/45
This picture taken in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki of 313 18th Avenue in Seattle, Washington, are of former Minidoka residents.
They are, left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki, Rev. Hirikawa Kihachi, and Mrs. Dorrie Abe. Mrs. Abe is hoping her husband George
will return soon from the European Theatre of War where he has been serving with the army. Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki have one son
in France and another who recently received a medical discharge, and who is living with them in Seattle.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki (former Minidoka residents) in their home at 313 Eighteenth Avenue in Seattle, Washington. They have one
son in France and another who recently received a medical discharge, and who is living with them in Seattle.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/13/45
Mrs. Z. Maekawa, formerly of Tule Lake, transplanting celery in the Rainier Valley near Seattle, Washington. During the past
two years Mr. and Mrs. Maekawa have been farming at Emmett, Idaho, but are now back at home with their daughter, Mrs. M. Noji.
Mr. Noji operates an extensive greenhouse property now specializing in tomatoes and vegetable plants for commercial gardens.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/14/45
Mrs. Z. Maekawa, formerly of Tule Lake, transplanting celery in the Rainier Valley near Seattle, Washington. During the past
two years Mr. and Mrs. Maekawa have been farming at Emmett, Idaho, but are now back at home with their daughter, Mrs. M. Noji.
Mr. Noji operates an extensive greenhouse property now specializing in tomatoes and vegetable plants for commercial gardens.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/14/45
Mrs. M. Noji, whose husband operates an extensive greenhouse property now specializing in tomatoes and vegetable plants for
commercial gardens, is seen with their daughter Arlene in one of the greenhouses in the Rainier Valley near Seattle, Washington.
Mrs. Noji's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. Maekawa, from Tule Lake, are assisting them.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/14/45
Mrs. M. Noji in one of the rapidly developing tomato houses in the Rainier Valley near Seattle, Washington. Her husband operates
an extensive greenhouse property now specializing in tomatoes and vegetable plants for commercial gardens. During the past
two years the Nojis have been engaged in similar operations near Spokane, in Eastern Washington, and at Emmett, Idaho. Most
of their friends are at the Minidoka Center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Seattle, Washington. 5/14/45
Billie, Rosie and Takeshi Sakaguchi, formerly from Minidoka, find no time for idle moments on the 10-acre vegetable and fruit
farm near Bellevue, Washington. Both Taki Sakaguchi, husband of Billie, and his brother, Takeshi, shown above, are employed
full time on their own and neighboring farms.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Bellevue, Washington. 5/17/45
Steven Sakaguchi, left, and Sharon Sakaguchi, cousins, enjoy life in Bellevue farm home of their parents, the Taki and the
Takeshi Sakaguchis, who owns a 10-acre fruit and vegetable farm. The two brothers find no time for idle moments because they
are employed full time on their own and neighboring farms.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Bellevue, Washington. 5/17/45
Billie, Rosie and Takeshi Sakaguchi (Minidoka) find no time for idle moments on their 10-acre vegetable and fruit farm near
Bellevue, Washington. Both Taki Sakaguchi, husband of Billie, and his brother, Takeshi, shown above, are employed full time
on their own and neighboring farms. Cauliflower is one of the extensive commercial crops on the Sakaguchi farm. The straight
rows of young plants here shown is one indication of good growers.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Bellevue, Washington. 5/17/45
K. Funai was the first old timer to return to his farm near Woodenville, Washington. He was at the Minidoka center prior to
his return. Here he is viewing a prospective crop of lettuce. While waiting for his land to condition for planting, Mr. Funai
works hard to beautify the home grounds, and from the five service stars hanging in his window he works pretty much alone
at present.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Woodenville, Washington. 5/15/45
Pfc. Kiyoshi Yabuki, a wounded veteran home from Italy and France with a Purple Heart to his credit, is glad to be once again
with his mother. The best Christmas gift she can recall was a telegram that Kiyoshi Yabuki returned to the United States last
Christmas Day. His brother Terumatsu also returned to his greenhouse property, making the family complete once again.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Bellevue, Washington. 5/17/45
With the return of Terumatsu Yabuki to his greenhouse property at Hunt's Point near Bellevue, Washington on May 17, 1945,
from Minidoka, the Yabuki family is again reunited on the home place. Left to right, Terumatsu Yabuki, Mother Yabuki, Pfc.
Kiyoshi Yabuki and Hideo Yabuki. Kiyoshi, a veteran, returned to the United States last Christmas Day from Italy and France.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Bellevue, Washington. 5/17/45
Mr. T. Seto, formerly of Minidoka, works on some of the plants he cared for as head gardener of the Tacoma General Hospital.
He is a member of the board of directors of the Japanese Methodist Church and wants evacuees to know that a hostel in Tacoma
is ready for guests. It will house 10 men and is located in the Japanese Methodist parsonage at 19th and Fawcett Avenue. Four
of his sons are in the army and he has one daughter of school age, who with her mother will soon join him.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Tacoma, Washington. 5/15/45
T. Kay Horike, formerly of Minidoka, now a Senior at the College of Puget Sound, takes time out from his classes to talk with
some of his friends. Left to right, Le Roy Vaughn, president of the student body; Marian Tergoning, freshman student; Kay
Horike; Helen Pat Beem, Senior, and Bob McCullough, Junior. Horike has a wife and two children at Minidoka, and is busy trying
to find housing so they can join him. At present he is living in the men's dormitory on campus.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Tacoma, Washington. 5/15/45
Mr. and Mrs. George Yoshihara, formerly of Granada, have returned to the oyster beds and home near Shelton, Washington. They
stayed with Caucasian neighbors when they first returned, until they could get moved back into their own home.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Washington. 5/15/45
Mr. George Yoshihara, formerly of Granada, is shown on the oyster shell dump outside of his packing plant. The Yoshiharas
stayed with Caucasian neighbors when they first returned to their home and oyster beds near Shelton, Washington, until they
could get moved back into their own home.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Washington. 5/15/45
Mr. George Yoshihara, formerly of Granada, is shown on the oyster float in front of his oyster beds. The Yoshiharas stayed
with Caucasian neighbors when they first returned to their home near Shelton, Washington, until they could get moved back
into their own home.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Shelton, Washington. 5/15/45
Brother and sister, Meddy Shigeo Itami, are shown in their greenhouse at 67th and Holgate, Portland, Oregon. The Sukemon Itami
family relocated before Easter from Heart Mountain and have been kept busy since their return trying to grow enough flowers
to supply their retail and wholesale trade. Three of Mr. Itami's sons and a son-in-law have been in the service, one recently
receiving a medical discharge. The two Itami boys who are overseas met in France and wrote home that they were able to get
together for a good chinfest on family news. Neither son knew the other was in the vicinity. Caucasian neighbors have been
very friendly since the Itamis returned, and while this picture was being taken, the woman stopped to ask for the addresses
of the boys over seas. Mr. Itami reports that many sailors, sons of neighbors, have stopped to inquire about his sons so that
they may write to them.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Portland, Oregon. 5/19/45
The Sukemon Itami family, formerly from Heart Mountain, is shown in front of their Portland home. Left to right: Mr. Itami;
Ruth Niiya, a daughter and mother of 19-months-old Victor shown in the picture, and of 17-day-old Terry, who holds the distinction
of being the first baby of Japanese ancestry to be born in Portland since the evacuation; Fumi, Meddy, and in the front row,
Victor and Frank. The two Itami boys who are over seas met in France and wrote home that they were able to get together for
a good chinfest on family news. Neither son knew the other was in the vicinity.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Portland, Oregon. 5/19/45
Miss Violet McCurtey, nursery school director, and Rose Niguma, swing shift nursery school teacher at University Homes Housing
Project in Portland, are shown with some of the younger children who attend the nursery school while their parents work in
defense plants. Miss Niguma has two brothers in service overseas, and is awaiting the arrival of her mother from Minidoka.
Miss Niguma lives at 3931 Bataan Street in the project.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Portland, Oregon. 5/18/45
Rose Niguma, nursery school teacher in the University Homes Housing Project in Portland, formerly from Minidoka, is shown
with one of her Caucasian charges, Stephen, on the play ground of the nursery school. Stephen has a reputation of being a
scene stealer and is very photogenic and seems to realize it in spite of being less than two-years-old. Miss Niguma has two
brothers in service overseas, and is awaiting the arrival of her mother from Minidoka. She lives at 3931 Bataan Street in
the project.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Portland, Oregon. 5/18/45
Mr. T. S. Akiyama, formerly from Minidoka, displays some of the asparagus which is ready to be crated in the packing shed.
The Akiyamas are marketing their crops through the Apple Growers Association and expect to sell more than 100 crates during
the season.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
The T. S. Akiyama family of Hood River, Oregon, recently relocated from Minidoka, are shown in their asparagus field. The
Akiyamas are marketing their crops through the Apple Growers Association and expect to sell more than 100 crates during the
season. Left to right: Nobi; T. S. Akiyama; Henry Akiyama; Kiyo ; and Mrs. Akiyama.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Mrs. T. S. Akiyama, formerly from Minidoka, cuts asparagus to be crated and sold through the Hood River Apple Growers Association.
They expect to sell more than 100 crates during the season.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Mrs. Sue Ogawa and her two daughters, Mary and Lois, on the porch of their lovely home in the Hood River Valley. A son, Masao,
is in the service, and neighbors have volunteered to help the Ogawas with spraying and thinning. The Ogawas relocated from
Tule Lake to Cleveland and returned to their valley home in March, 1945.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Mrs. Sue Ogawa and her two daughters Mary and Lois, are busy cleaning the undergrowth in their 20-acre orchard near Hood River,
Oregon. A son, Masao, is in the service, and neighbors have volunteered to help the Ogawas with spraying and thinning. The
Ogawas relocated from Tule Lake to Cleveland and returned to their valley home in March, 1945.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Mr. Y. Mishima is shown with his friends and neighbors, the Cereghino brothers, who own and operate a truck farm next to the
Mishima berry farm near Gresham, Oregon. The Mishimas voluntarily relocated to Weiser, Idaho, at the time of evacuation and
recently returned to their own home to raise loganberries, boysenberries and young berries. S. Cereghino and L. Cereghino
have been neighbors for the past 23 years, and are naturalized citizens of Italian ancestry. The two families bought adjoining
farms at approximately the same time, and their sons were reared together and attended the Gresham schools. Mishima's son
is in New York City at present studying art.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Gresham, Oregon. 5/20/45
Mr. and Mrs. Y. Mishima, are shown with two Caucasian neighbors on the berry ranch near Gresham, Oregon. The Mishimas voluntarily
relocated to Weiser, Idaho, at the time of evacuation and recently returned to their own home to raise loganberries, boysenberries
and young berries. S. Cereghino and L. Cereghino have been neighbors for the past 23 years, and are naturalized citizens of
Italian ancestry. The two families bought adjoining farms at approximately the same time, and their sons were reared together
and attended the Gresham schools. Mishima's son is in New York City at present studying art.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Gresham, Oregon. 5/20/45
B. Fujii and his sons Ed, Tom, and Ted (voluntary evacuees to Weiser, Idaho) are shown cultivating their asparagus field on
their 140-acre farm near Troutdale, Oregon. The Fujii family has successfully marketed dry onions and other crops in the wholesale
market in Portland, and is now marketing asparagus to local retail grocers. Fifteen-year-old Tom is a junior in the Gresham
high school. The Fujiis are raising brussel sprouts, cabbage, lettuce, boysenberries, and asparagus this season.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Troutdale, Oregon. 5/18/45
Mr. B. Fujii stops cultivating the asparagus field long enough to pose for his picture. The Fujiis voluntarily relocated at
the time of evacuation to Weiser, Idaho, and returned to their home early this spring. The Fujii family has successfully marketed
dry onions and other crops in the wholesale market in Portland, and is now marketing asparagus to local retail grocers. Fifteen-year-old
Tom is a junior in the Gresham high school. The Fujiis are raising brussel sprouts, cabbage, lettuce, boysenberries, and asparagus
this season.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Troutdale, Oregon. 5/18/45
Mrs. Roy Yamada and her mother, Mrs. B. Fujii, in front of their home near Troutdale, Oregon. Roy Yamada is stationed at Ft.
Bragg, North Carolina. The Fujiis voluntarily relocated at the time of evacuation to Weiser, Idaho, and returned to their
home early this spring. The Fujii family has successfully marketed dry onions and other crops in the wholesale market in Portland,
and is now marketing asparagus to local retail grocers. Fifteen-year-old Tom is a junior in the Gresham high school. The Fujiis
are raising brussel sprouts, cabbage, lettuce, boysenberries, and asparagus this season.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Troutdale, Oregon. 5/18/45
Mr. Asakawa is shown in his rhubarb patch. He has lived in the neighborhood for nearly 30 years, and says his Caucasian neighbors
have been fine to the family since its return, and have gone out of their way to help them do their shopping. Formerly residents
of Minidoka, the family has been returning in different sections ever since spring.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Gresham, Oregon. 5/20/45
E. M. Cox and Nogi Asakawa stopped plowing a Caucasian neighbor's field long enough to pose for their pictures. Formerly residents
of Hunt, Idaho, the family has been returning in different sections ever since spring, to their farm near Gresham, Oregon.
Caucasian neighbors have been fine to the family since its return.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Gresham, Oregon. 5/20/45
The Asakawa family is shown on the lawn of their home near Gresham, Oregon. Formerly residents of Hunt, Idaho, the family
has been returning in different sections ever since spring. In the picture are, left to right: Mrs. Toyoko Kashia, a daughter;
with Roy Kashia, 2; and Janet, 5; Mrs. Asakawa, Walter Asakawa; Mr. Asakawa, and Ben Asakawa. Walter is in the last half of
his senior year at Gresham High School. Two other sons, Jack and Nogi, are not shown because Nogi was busy plowing a Caucasian
neighbor's field with the assistance of a Caucasian friend, and Jack is in the army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Gresham, Oregon. 5/20/45
Mr. S. Asai, formerly from Heart Mountain, is shown pouring water into the radiator of his tractor in preparation for cutting
rills in the orchard for irrigation. Mr. Asai has 40 acres in fruit. Two Asai sons are serving overseas and a third is awaiting
overseas orders. The other children are attending the Hood River schools.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Mrs. S. Asai is shown cleaning out the irrigation rills in the 40-acre family orchard near Hood River. All 40 acres are in
fruit. The Asai family were at the Heart Mountain center. Two of Mrs. Asai's sons are serving overseas and a third is awaiting
overseas orders.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Eighteen-year-old Gene Asai is shown with his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. S. Asai, thinning apples on their 40-acre ranch
near Hood River, Oregon. Two Asai sons are serving overseas and a third is awaiting overseas orders. Two other children are
attending the Hood River schools. The Asais returned to Hood River from the Heart Mountain Center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Eighteen-year-old Gene Asai and his father, Mr. S. Asai, are discussing the problems of fruit raising on their ranch near
Hood River, Oregon. Mr. Asai has 40 acres in fruit. Two Asai sons are serving overseas and a third is awaiting overseas orders.
Two other children are attending the Hood River schools. The Asais returned to Hood River from the Heart Mountain Center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Mr. S. Asai and George Shitara from Heart Mountain pose on the tractor after cutting rills in the Asai orchard for irrigation.
Mr. Asai has 40 acres in fruit. Two of Mr. Asai's sons are serving overseas and a third is awaiting overseas orders, and the
other children are attending the Hood River schools.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Twenty-year-old Mika Asai, daughter of S. Asai, formerly of Heart Mountain, is shown weeding part of the family orchard near
Hood River, Oregon. Two of her brothers are serving overseas and a third is awaiting overseas orders.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hood River, Oregon. 5/21/45
Dr. Blair Stewart, chairman of the steering committee of the Portland Citizens Relocation Committee and Reed College professor
of Economics, at a weekly luncheon business meeting at the old Heathman Hotel. The committee, which is made up of thirty prominent
Portland civic leaders, is concerned with helping solve housing and employment problems of the Japanese who wish to return
to the Portland area. Among those present at this meeting are Dr. Blair Stewart; Mrs. Betty Sales of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews; Miss Isabel Gates, Baptist Mission Board; Dr. Nace, president of the Council of Churches, who lived
in Japan for 13 years; Gus Solomon, Portland attorney; Fannie Friedman, Relocation Officer of the Portland District W. R.
A. area office.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Portland, Oregon. 5/22/45
The steering committee of the Portland Citizens Relocation Committee is shown at a weekly luncheon business meeting at the
old Heathman Hotel. The committee, which is made up of thirty prominent Portland civic leaders, is concerned with helping
solve housing and employment problems of the Japanese who wish to return to the Portland area. Those present at this meeting
are Dr. Blair Stewart, chairman, and Reed College professor of Economics; Mrs. Benshadler; Mrs. Betty Sales of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews; Miss Isabel Gates, Baptist Mission Board; Dr. Nace, president of the Council of Churches,
who lived in Japan for 13 years; Gus Solomon, Portland attorney; Fannie Friedman, Relocation Officer of the Portland District
W. R. A. area office; and Florence West, Area Reports Officer from the Seattle W. R. A. area office.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Portland, Oregon. 5/22/45
The steering committee of the Portland Citizens Relocation Committee is shown at a weekly luncheon business meeting at the
old Heathman Hotel. The committee, which is made up of thirty prominent Portland civic leaders, is concerned with helping
solve housing and employment problems of the Japanese who wish to return to the Portland area. Those present at this meeting
are Dr. Blair Stewart, chairman, and Reed College professor of Economics; Mrs. Benshadler; Mrs. Betty Sales of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews; Miss Isabel Gates, Baptist Mission Board; Dr. Nace, president of the Council of Churches,
who lived in Japan for 13 years; Gus Solomon, Portland attorney; Fannie Friedman, Relocation Officer of the Portland District
W. R. A. area office; and Florence West, Area Reports Officer from the Seattle W. R. A. area office.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Portland, Oregon. 5/22/45
Mrs. K. Sasaki, formerly from Minidoka, poses for her picture with her three children and Miss Alice Finley, hostel director
of the recently opened hostel for returnees at 315 N.W. 16th Street, Portland, Oregon. Miss Finley, who lived for 30 years
in Kagoshima, Japan, is operating the hostel under the sponsorship of the Portland Methodist Board of Church Extension. The
hostel can accommodate 60 people and has housekeeping facilities for families as well as individuals. Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
are leaving Portland within a week to go to Hood River, where they will be employed on the Hamada ranch.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Portland, Oregon. 5/22/45
Hideo Yabuki displays the products of his toil since coming back home to Hunt's Point to his brother, Kiyoshi, a Pfc., returned
from overseas service with highest honors received in Italy and France, who is now a discharged veteran due to wounds received.
Three times a week top quality cukes go to market in Seattle from the Yabuki hothouses and find ready market. Hideo recently
returned from Minidoka.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Bellevue, Washington. 5/17/45
Amy Watanabe of Denver and Pfc. James Maeda, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, at an annual semi-formal dance sponsored
by the Young People's Society of Denver, which was held in the Y.W.C.A. Auditorium. Informal dances are held at the Y.W.C.A.
once a week, which is just one of the recreational programs for young relocatees in Denver. Pfc. Maeda is from Hawaii and
trained at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, then was transferred to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where he completed his training before
going overseas and serving with the famed 100th Battalion in Italy for 18 months.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Denver, Colorado. 6/14/45
Mitzi Fujino form Denver and formerly from Minidoka, is dancing with Shig Sakamoto from the Topaz and Tule Lake centers, whose
home was, prior to evacuation, in Sacramento, California, at an annual semi-formal dance sponsored by the Young People's Society
of Denver, which was held in the Y.W.C.A. Auditorium. Informal dances are held at the Y.W.C.A. once a week, which is just
one of the recreational programs for young relocatees in Denver.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Denver, Colorado. 6/14/45
This picture was taken during intermission at an annual semi-formal dance sponsored by the Young People's Society of Denver,
which was held in the Y.W.C.A. Auditorium. Left to right: Mary Masunaga of Brighton, Colorado; George Fujimoto, a returned
veteran from Ault, Colorado; Jane Nakayama of Denver; Sgt. Shizuo Sakurada from Limon, Nebraska; Amy Watanabe, Denver; Pfc.
James Maeda, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver; Kathie Katayama, Brighton, Colorado; and Pvt. George Morita of Kersey, Colorado.
Informal dances are held at the Y.W.C.A. once a week, which is just one of the recreational programs for young relocatees
in Denver. All the soldiers in this picture have served overseas.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Denver, Colorado. 6/14/45
While on his visit of evacuee families in the Fresno District, Mr. Dillon Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority,
called on the Kitahara farm located at Reedley, California. Mr. George Kitahara owns 175 acres of farm in Reedley and Parlier
districts composed of grapes, peaches, and plums. Mr. Myer is shown with a group of peach packers on one of Mr. Kitahara's
farms: they are left to right: Mr. I. Kitahara, Hisaye Watari, Hisae Yamagata, Hanaye Watari, Mrs. I. Kitahara, Tamae Yamagata,
Mrs. S. Watari, Mr. Watari, Kiyoshi Watari, Isaao Yamagata. All of these people returned to Reedley, California, from the
Colorado River Relocation Center recently. The Kitaharas' home is located at Rt. 1, Box 18, Parlier, California. Mr. and Mrs.
George Kitahara relocated to Gary, Indiana, for two years before returning to their home. Mr. Kitahara was an active leader
of the Reedley JACL Chapter prior to evacuation and well known in church activities.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/20/45
Mr. Howard Hatayama, formerly from the Gila River Relocation Center, and later Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is shown with Mr.
Dillon Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, when Mr. Myer paid a visit to Mr. Hatayama's home while he was on a
tour visiting evacuee homes in th Fresno District. Shown here, left to right, are: Chas. F. Miller, Relocation Supervisor
of the San Francisco Area; R. B. Cozzens, Assistant Director of the Western Office; Howard Hatayama; Leo T. Simmons, Relocation
Officer; Dillon Myer, Director. Mr. Hatayama returned to his farm in December, 1944 with his wife, Reiko, his son, Leigh Hubert,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tanakichi Hatayama, and his brother, Narumi, and his family. All were residents of the Gila River
Center except his brother and his family. Prior to evacuation, Mr. Hatayama was engaged in farming and was the president of
the JACL Chapter of Fresno.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Del Rey, California. 6/20/45
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Iwasaki are playing with their friends after their return from the Colorado River
Relocation Center, at their home at Rt. 1, Box 384, Reedley, California. Shown left to right, front row: Annie Torosian, a
neighbor girl, Amy, and Norman Iwasaki. Back row: Michi Kubota, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Itaru Kubota of Fresno and formerly
of the Colorado River Relocation Center, who is spending a few days of her summer vacation visiting the Iwasakis, and Takeo
Lawrence Iwasaki. The children say they like being home rather than staying in camp.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/25/45
Mrs. Charles Iwasaki holding her daughter, Amy, and a neighbor girl, Annie Torosian, on her lap. Mrs. Iwasaki is known to
be the first woman Block Manager of the Colorado River Relocation Center, where she and her family resided until their return
to their home and farm at Rt. 1, Box 384, Reedley, on March 1. The Iwasaki home was the target of the shooting attacks by
Levi Multanen of Parlier, who was convicted and given a 6-months' probation. In spite of the incident which happened on the
night of May 22, Mrs. Iwasaki and the other members of the family are glad to be home once again.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/25/45
Mrs. Charles Iwasaki of Rt. 1, Box 384, Reedley, California, formerly of the Colorado River Relocation Center and its first
woman Block Manager, returned to her home with her husband and three children on March 1. She is shown surrounded by her children
and their friends. They are front row, left to right, Annie Torosian, a neighbor girl; Takeo Larry Iwasaki; back row, Michi
Kubota, Amy Iwasaki, Mrs. Iwasaki, and Norman Iwasaki. The Iwasaki home was one in which Levi Multanen fired several shotgun
shots on the night of May 22, for which he was convicted and given 6-months' probation.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/25/45
Mr. Kiichi Iwasaki is assisting in irrigating the vineyard belonging to his son, Charles K. Iwasaki, located at Rt. 1, Box
384, Reedley, California, to which he returned with his son's family on March 1, from the Colorado River Relocation Center.
It was the Iwasaki home in which Levi Multanen fired several shotgun shots for which he was convicted and given a 6-months'
probation. In spite of the shooting attack, the family was not frightened and they are very happy to be home again.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/25/45
Charles K. Iwasaki is irrigating his peach orchard located at Rt. 1, Box 384, Reedley, California, to which he and his family,
consisting of his wife, three children, and father, returned from the Colorado River Relocation Center, Unit III, on March
1. Mr. Iwasaki is the owner of a 50-acre farm on which he raises peaches, grapes, and plums. It was the Iwasaki home in which
Levi Multanen fired several shotgun shots for which he was convicted and given a 6-months' probation. The family was not frightened
by the incident, and are very happy to be back to their home again.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/25/45
Michi Kubota, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Itaru Kubota of Fresno, California, and formerly of the Colorado River Relocation Center,
who is spending a few days of their summer vacation visiting with the Iwasaki family, Annie Torosian, a neighbor of the Iwasakis,
and Amy Iwasaki, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Iwasaki of Rt. 1, Box 384, Reedley, enjoy a summer afternoon together
playing with Amy's dog. While at the Colorado River Project, Miss Kubota's father was Chairman of the Community Council; Miss
Iwasaki's mother was the first woman Block Manager of Poston.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/25/45
The Farm Labor Camp at Rt. 2, Box 313, Reedley, California, which is under the management of Mr. Y. Takemoto and his family,
is now ready for occupancy and labor. The picture shows the Takemoto family with one of the dormitories of the camp in the
background. Left to right, front row: Hisako, Rikio and Sachiko; back row: Mitsuko, Misako, Mr. and Mrs. Takemoto, and Ayako.
Mr. Takemoto states that he has about 30 single men there now, but desires to have the number increased to 150 single men
before the harvest of grapes starts. There will be year around work, work varying from harvesting of fruits, pruning of trees
and vines, and various vegetable work during the spring months. Mr. Takemoto states the wages will be no less than 85 cents
an hour and for piecework, the pay will be 5 cents a tray for Thompson and 6 cents a tray for Muscat grapes. There will be
a nominal charge for room and board at the camp. Mr. Takemoto operated a labor camp for about 10 years prior to evacuation.
Until his return to Reedley early this month, he was in the same type of work at Blackfoot, Idaho. His family voluntarily
evacuated to Idaho, therefore, have not spent any time in a relocation center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/25/45
Three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Denroku Sasaki are shown in the garden of their home located at Rt. 1, Box 276, Reedley, to
which they returned from the Colorado River Relocation Center on February 8. They are left to right: Miyako, Aiko, and Fumiko
Sasaki. They own a 50-acre vineyard on which the girls assist when necessary. Miyako just completed a term at the Reedley
Junior College after her return from Poston. She majored in a secretarial course, therefore, she hopes to find a stenographic
position soon. While in the Center, Mr. Sasaki was appointed to the Executive staff of Unit III of the Colorado River Project.
The family is very pleased to be home once again after living at the Center for two and a half years.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Reedley, California. 6/25/45
Mr. George M. Takeuchi is busily at his work repairing radios at his Radio Parts and Repair shop located at 1951 W. Front
Street, Selma, California. Besides being in the radio business, Mr. Takeuchi carries a varied line of Japanese provisions
in his store. Mr. Takeuchi returned to his former home with his wife, Fumi, from the Gila River Relocation Center on January
15. They have two sons, Haruo and Ken Ota, both of whom are now serving in the U. S. Army in the Philippine Islands.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Selma, California. 6/25/45
Mrs. Uichiro Morishima, Rt. 1, Box 20, Selma, California, returned with her husband, her son and his family, Mr. and Mrs.
Masato Morishima and their daughter, Masuno Dorothy, from the Gila River Relocation Center on May 12. They are temporarily
living in a home of their friends until their own home is built on Masato's 20-acre farm. At present they are awaiting approval
for the purchase of necessary lumber from the War Production Board. While at the Gila River Project, Masato Morishima was
a member of the Community Council. When the picture was taken, all other members of the family were out picking plums on their
farm.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Selma, California. 6/25/45
Masaru Miyamoto is giving an apricot which he has been picking to his daughter, Susie, on his farm at Rt. 1, Box 174, Selma,
California, to which he returned from the Gila River Relocation Center on March 28, with his family. The Miyamoto home was
the target of a shooting on the night of May 19, 1945. There was no bodily injury to the members of the family and very little
damage was done to the house. It is believed that this was the most serious of the shooting in the Fresno district, but in
spite of it, the Miyamotos are glad to back to their own farm and home. They say they have had no difficulty in selling their
produce and their neighbors have been very friendly to them. Mrs. Miyamoto and their son, Edward, were at home when the picture
was taken.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Selma, California. 6/25/45
Masaru Miyamoto is picking apricots on his farm located at Rt. 1, Box 174, Selma, California, to which he and his family returned
from the Gila River Relocation Center on March 28. Mr. Miyamoto states that he has had no difficulty selling his produce.
Their neighbors have been very friendly to them. The Miyamoto home was the target of a shooting on the night of May 19, which
is believed to be the most serious of the shootings in the Fresno district. In spite of the incident, the Miyamoto family
is glad to be back to their own home and farm. Mr. Miyamoto has a brother, Noboru, who is serving with the 442nd Infantry
in Italy.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Selma, California. 6/25/45
Toshihiro Masada is showing some of his Thompson Seedless grapes which he raises on his 20-acre farm at Rt. 1, Box 46, Caruthers,
California, to which he returned from the Rohwer Relocation Center on March 24, 1945, with his sister, Lily. They were later
joined by their mother and brothers and sisters on April 24. The Masada home was a target of one of the shooting incidents
in the Fresno District on the night of May 19, 1945. Five rifle shots were fired into their home, none of which caused any
injury or damage. In spite of the incident, the family is glad to be home again.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Caruthers, California. 6/25/45
Front, left to right: Katsumi Masada, Mrs. Nobuye Masada, Tokio Masada, Mrs. Kyo Masada, Miyoko Masada, Toshihiro Masada;
back, left to right: Lily Masada, Ted Masada, Saburo Masada, Aiko Masada, and Harold Masada. Mrs. Nobuye Masada and her children
returned to their former home at Rt. 1, Box 46, Caruthers, California, from the Rohwer Relocation Center. Mrs. Kyo Masada
and her sons, Ted and Harold, returned a few days ago from the Gila River Relocation Center. They are staying temporarily
with Mrs. Nobuye Masada's family until they are able to occupy their own home at Rt. 5, Box 385, Fresno. The home of Mrs.
Nobuye Masada was the target of one of the shooting incidents in the Fresno District on the night of May 19, 1945. No injury
or damage was done by the shooting. The family is very glad to be home in spite of the incident. Mrs. Kyo Masada has another
son, Yoshio, who is now serving in the U.S. Army with the 442nd Infantry.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Caruthers, California. 6/25/45
Mr. Akira Chiamori, Rt. 1, Box 193, Parlier, California, returned to his farm from Chicago, Illinois, where he relocated from
the Gila River Relocation Center with his family. Mr. Dillon Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, called on the
family while he was on a tour visiting evacuee families in the Fresno district. The Chiamoris own their own farm on which
are grown various grapes, peaches and plums. Mr. Chiamori has employed several evacuee families from the Centers since his
return home and has provided housing for them. His family consists of his wife and two children and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Tamigoro Chiamori, who resided at the Gila River Project until their return. The family are very happy to be home again and
encourage friends to return home soon too. They state that they have had no difficulty in marketing their crops.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Parlier, California. 6/20/45
Seated on the steps of their home, the Doi family of Rt. 1, Box 53, Parlier, California, is shown left to right: front, Betty,
Mr. and Mrs. Tonokichi Doi; back, Minoru, Eleanor, and Noboru. They returned from the Gila River Relocation Center in January
and have since taken over the complete work of their farm composed of grapes, plums, and peaches. They state they had no difficulty
in selling their produce. They have a son and brother, Toichi, who is overseas with the 442nd Infantry, a holder of two Purple
Heart medals. Mr. Doi and his daughter, Betty, were among the first evacuees to return to the Fresno district since the lifting
of the exclusion orders; they arrived home on January 6. Other members of the family arrived on January 24. they are all very
glad to be home again.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Parlier, California. 6/26/45
Mr. and Mrs. Tonokichi Doi are shown with their children, Noboru, Minoru, Eleanor, and Betty in the yard of their home at
Rt. 1, Box 53, Parlier, California, to which they returned from the Gila River Relocation Center in January. Mr. Doi and his
daughter, Betty, returned to their home on January 6, and the other members of the family joined them on January 24. Noboru
is an honorably discharged serviceman while his brother, Toichi, is now serving with the 442nd Infantry. He is a holder of
two Purple Heart medals. The entire Doi family work on their farm consisting of grapes, plums, peaches, and other crops. They
have no difficulty in marketing their produce. Mrs. Doi spends most of her time with her victory garden in which she raises
a variety of vegetables, namely, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, squash, green peppers, corn, onions, bobo, Chinese
cabbage, melons, and other garden vegetables.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Parlier, California. 6/26/45
Noboru Doi and his father, Tonokichi Doi, are showing some of their Thompson Seedless grapes on their 72-acre vineyard located
at Rt. 1, Box 53, Parlier, California, to which the family returned early in January from the Gila River Relocation Center.
Mr. Doi and his daughter, Betty, were the first evacuees to return to the Parlier district since the lifting of the exclusion
orders. They arrived home on January 6. The other members of the family joined them on January 24. Noboru Doi, who was honorably
discharged from the Army, states that they had no difficulty in marketing their plums and peaches. Mr. Doi's brother, Toichi,
is now serving with the 442nd Infantry and he is a holder of two Purple Heart medals.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Parlier, California. 6/26/45
Mr. Tonokichi Doi, one of the first evacuees to return to the Fresno district from the Gila River Relocation Center since
the lifting of the exclusion orders, is shown in his son's vineyard located at Rt. 1, Box 53, Parlier, California. He has
a son, Toichi, who is overseas with the 442nd Infantry who was wounded twice during the war in the European theatre. Mr. Doi
works on the farm with the rest of the members of his family.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Parlier, California. 6/26/45
Charming Mrs. George Suda is taking dental appointments for Mr. S. Abrahams, 25 Taylor Street, San Francisco, and his son
S. S. Abrahams, Jr., of the USO and U.S. Navy respectively, who are in the waiting room of Dr. Suda's dental office located
at 941 E. Street, Fresno, California. Mrs. Suda is assisting her husband in his office since its opening on May 1. They returned
to Fresno from the Gila River Relocation Center on March 16. Mrs. Suda is the former Sumiko Tsui of Los Angeles; they met
and were married at Gila River Center. Mrs. Suda states that her appointment book is filling up rapidly and their clientele
is composed of Caucasians as well as Japanese Americans.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
One of the first businesses to open in Fresno since the return of evacuees to the city is the office of Dr. George M. Suda,
dentist, at his former location, 941 E. Street, Fresno, California. Dr. Suda is shown working on one of his patients, Miss
Marie Watkins, the Executive Secretary of the Fresno International Institute. Miss Watkins and her staff have been very helpful
to the return of evacuees to the Fresno district. Dr. Suda returned from the Gila River Relocation Center on March 16, where
he was on the hospital staff as a dentist. He reports that he is getting very busy and his clientele is composed mostly of
Caucasians.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Miss Marie Watkins, the Executive Secretary of the Fresno International Institute, is getting an X-Ray of her teeth taken
by Dr. George Suda with Mrs. Suda assisting. Miss Watkins and her staff are very interested in the relocation program and
have been very helpful to the returning evacuees in the Fresno District. Dr. and Mrs. Suda returned to Fresno from the Gila
River Relocation Center on March 16, where they both worked on the hospital staff at the Center. Mrs. Suda is the former Sumiko
Tsui of Los Angeles, the couple met and were married at the Center. They state that they are getting busier each day and most
of the clientele is composed of Caucasians.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Dr. Robert Yabuno, Optometrist, a graduate of the University of California, is shown standing beside his new sign post before
his home at 609 E. Street, Fresno, where he has just opened his office. Dr. Yabuno returned to Fresno from Chicago, Illinois,
where he relocated from the Gila River Relocation Center. He and his family transferred to Gila River when the Jerome Center
was closed in June, 1944. While in the Center, Dr. Yabuno worked in the hospital as Optometrist. His sister, Yomiye, returned
from Gila River to assist him. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Yabuno are expected home soon. He reports that business is picking
up, being the only Nisei Optometrist in the Fresno district.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Mr. Tom Inouye, owner and operator of the O.K. Garage located at 1402 Kern Street, Fresno, California, returned from Burrington,
Wisconsin, where he relocated from the Jerome Relocation Center with his wife and son. They returned to Fresno in February.
Mr. Inouye opened the garage early in April. The O.K. Garage had approximately 60 evacuee-owned automobiles in storage, there
are still about 30 cars there in storage. Mr. Inouye says his business is moving along each day and more is expected as evacuees
return to the Fresno district. He has been owner of the garage since 1922 and a mechanic for over 30 years.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
The O.K. Garage, located at 1402 Kern Street, Fresno, California, is again re-opened for business. Mr. Tom Inouye, owner and
operator, is shown working on a car belonging to one of his Caucasian customers. Mr. Inouye and his family returned to Fresno
in February from Burrington, Wisconsin, where they relocated from the Jerome Relocation Center. There were approximately 60
evacuee-owned automobiles in storage at this garage and about 30 cars are still remaining. Mr. Inouye states that his business
is picking up each day and more is expected as evacuees return to the Fresno district.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Mrs. Busuke Saito, mother of three sons on the U.S. Army, is shown in the garden of their family home at 705 E. Street, Fresno,
California, to which she and her husband returned on May 19, from the Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. The sons
in service are Sgt. Leo Saito, who recently returned from the Pacific theatre of war and is now stationed at Fort Snelling,
Minnesota; Pvt. Isamu Saito and Cpl. Tom Saito, who are stationed in Army camps in the states. For about 30 years prior to
evacuation, the Saitos were operators of the Fresno Fish Market but feel that they will be unable to resume the same business
until one of their sons return from service. Mrs. Saito says she is very happy to be home again. Mr. Saito was not home at
the time the photographer arrived, therefore, is not in the picture.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Alma's Beauty Salon, owned and operated by Alma Sakamoto Collier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sakamoto, formerly of the
Colorado River Relocation Center, just re-opened her new shop at 1411 Kern Street, Fresno. Alma returned to Fresno from Poston
on March 19, and on May 1, was joined by her parents. Alma is assisted by Kiyo Ohashi of Madera, California, who is shown
under the dryer. Miss Ohashi returned to Madera with her parents from the Rohwer Relocation Center on March 11. Alma has been
a beauty operator for about 18 years; since 1933 she owned and operated her own shop in Fresno. She states that many of her
former patrons have come back to her shop since its re-opening.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Alma's Beauty Salon, owned and operated by Alma Sakamoto Collier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sakamoto, formerly of the
Colorado River Relocation Center, just opened her new shop at 1411 Kern Street, Fresno. Alma returned to Fresno from Poston
on March 19, and on May 1, was joined by her parents. Alma is shown behind the counter of her new shop with Kiyo Ohashi, an
assistant operator from Madera, California. Miss Ohashi returned to Madera with her parents from the Rohwer Relocation Center
on March 11. Alma has been a beauty operator for about 18 years; since 1933 she owned and operated her own shop in Fresno.
She states that many of her former patrons have come back to her shop. The flowers and greenery in the foreground and many
others were presented to her on her opening day by former patrons and friends.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
The Buddhist Temple Hostel located at 1340 Kern Street, Fresno, California, has just been opened for occupancy for those who
desire temporary housing upon their arrival in the Fresno district. The Methodist Church Hostel has been in operation for
approximately two months under the direction of Rev. and Mrs. Hideo Hashimoto. Shown in this picture are those in charge of
the Fresno Buddhist Temple Hostel. They are left to right: Mr. Gunichi Takata, manager, Mrs. Fujinaga, Rev. K. Fujinaga and
daughter, Karen Satomi, and Mr. S. G. Sakamoto, director. All returned to Fresno from the Gila River Relocation Center except
Mr. Sakamoto who returned from Colorado River Center. While in the Center, Mrs. Fujinaga was the only woman Council representative
at Gila River; Mr. Sakamoto was the Chairman of the Community Council of Unit II, Poston, Arizona. There is a nominal charge
for room and board at the hostel.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Left to right: Toshi Hoshiko, Yoshi Hoshiko, Mitsuko Teraoka, and June Hoshiko, all of Rt. 5, Box 536, Fresno, California,
formerly of Jerome Relocation Center and later the Gila River Center, Rivers, Arizona, are shown gathering apricots on the
Hoshiko farm. The Hoshiko sisters returned to their former home with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Torata Hoshiko on June 14.
Their brother, Hideo, is serving in the U.S. Army, and another brother, Sumio, who is now in Cleveland, Ohio, is expected
to report for service soon. Two sisters, Noriko and Toyoko, are relocated in Ohio at present.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/25/45
Mrs. Torata Hoshiko, Rt. 5, Box 536, Fresno, California, is shown pouring a bucketful of apricots which she just picked into
a box. She returned to her former home with her husband and her three daughters, Toshi, Yoshi, and June, from the Gila River
Relocation Center on June 14. She is the mother of Hideo Hoshiko, who is now serving in the U.S. Armed forces, as well as
Sumio, who is awaiting call into service. He now resides in Cleveland, Ohio. Noriko and Toyoko, daughters, are also relocated
in Ohio.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/25/45
With buckets in hand, everyone is ready to go pick apricots on the Hoshiko farm at Rt. 5, Box 536, Fresno, California, to
which they returned from the Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. They are, front, left to right, Toshi Hoshiko,
Yoshi Hoshiko, Mrs. Hoshiko, Mrs. Teraoka, Mitsuko Teraoka, and June Hoshiko. Back, left to right: Henry Teraoka, Mr. Torata
Hoshiko, Masaki Teraoka, Mr. Masayoshi Teraoka, and Masaji Teraoka. The Hoshiko family returned to their former home on June
14, and the Teraoka family arrived on June 20. Prior to evacuation, the Teraoka family resided at Arroyo Grande, California.
They are now employed on the Hoshiko farm.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/25/45
Yoshi Hoshiko is showing a bucketful of apricots which she just picked to her father, Torata Hoshiko, who is driving the tractor.
The Hoshiko's returned to their former home at Rt. 5, Box 536, Fresno, California, from the Gila River Relocation Center on
June 14. They transferred to Gila River from Jerome Relocation Center when the latter was closed in June, 1944. Mr. Hoshiko
was prominently known in the relocation centers. While at Jerome he was a Block Manager as well as the Treasurer of the Co-Op.
At Gila River Mr. Hoshiko served on the Judicial Committee of the Community Council.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/25/45
The West Fresno Drug Co., or otherwise known as Tenshodo, owned and operated by Mr. William M. Toshiyuki, has just re-opened
for business at a new location, 1431 Kern Street, Fresno. The Toshiyuki family returned to Fresno from the Rohwer Relocation
Center on April 24, 1945. For 37 years prior to evacuation, the West Fresno Drug Co. has been in the same business in Fresno.
The new store carries various drug and cosmetic items, most of which were stored in the WRA warehouse in Fresno. Mr. Toshiyuki
is shown standing behind his drug counter ready to wait on a customer.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Mr. William Toshiyuki, owner and operator of the West Fresno Drug Co., is shown selling some cosmetics to Tsuyako Yamashiro,
at his store located at 1431 Kern Street, Fresno, which he just re-opened for business. He and his family, composed of his
wife and two children and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Taizo Toshiyuki, returned from the Rohwer Relocation Center on April 24.
The West Fresno Drug Co., or otherwise known as Tenshodo, has been in the same business for 37 years prior to evacuation in
Fresno.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Fresno, California. 6/26/45
Mr. Kiyoshi Robert Kanagawa, who returned to his 85-acre farm of citrus fruits and nursery stock located at Rt. 2, Box 606,
Sanger, California, from the Colorado River Relocation Center, is shown budding young orange trees. The family consisting
of his wife, Yukiye, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Yasoichi Kanagawa, returned home on February 8. They said they had no trouble
whatsoever in marketing their citrus fruit upon their return home. A brother of Mr. Kanagawa, S/Sgt. Jerry Nobuo Kanagawa,
is now serving overseas in the U.S. Army. He has three sisters who are relocated in Cleveland, Ohio.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Sanger, California. 6/26/45
Mr. Kiyoshi Robert Kanagawa, who returned to his 85-acre farm of citrus fruits and nursery stock located at Rt. 2, Box 606,
Sanger, California, from the Colorado River Relocation Center, is shown budding young orange trees. The family consisting
of his wife, Yukiye, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Yasoichi Kanagawa, returned home on February 8. They said they had no trouble
whatsoever in marketing their citrus fruit upon their return home. A brother of Mr. Kanagawa, S/Sgt. Jerry Nobuo Kanagawa,
is now serving overseas in the U.S. Army. He has three sisters who are relocated in Cleveland, Ohio.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Sanger, California. 6/26/45
Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Robert Kanagawa are shown with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Yasoichi Kanagawa in front of their home at
Rt. 2, Box 606, Sanger, California. They returned to Sanger from the Colorado River Relocation Center on February 8. Mr. Kanagawa
owns an 85-acre farm, largely composed of citrus fruits and nursery stock. They had no difficulty in marketing their oranges
and hired Mexican and other laborers to pick the fruits. A brother, S/Sgt. Jerry Nobuo, is now serving overseas in the U.S.
Army while three sisters, Joan, Lois, and Mary are relocated in Cleveland, Ohio.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Sanger, California. 6/26/45
Mr. Kiyoshi Robert Kanagawa is shown in his orange grove located at Rt. 2, Box 606, Sanger, California, to which he returned
with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Yasoichi Kanagawa, from the Colorado River Relocation Center on February 8. He owns
an 85-acre farm which consists of citrus fruits and nursery stock. Mr. Kanagawa states that he just completed marketing their
oranges about a month ago; he says he had no difficulty in selling them to former buyers. Kanagawa has a brother, S/Sgt. Jerry
Nobuo, who is now serving overseas in the U.S. Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Sanger, California. 6/26/45
Mr. Ed. H. Nagata is shown picking plums on his 40-acre farm located at Rt. 1, Box 446, Kingsburg, to which he and his family
returned from Ontario, Oregon, where they relocated from the Colorado River Relocation Center. The family arrived home on
January 22. Mr. Nagata stated that he had no difficulty in selling his plums and is nearly finished with the picking for this
season.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kingsburg, California. 6/27/45
After arriving home from Ontario, Oregon, where they relocated from the Colorado River Relocation Center on January 22, the
Nagata family of Rt. 1, Box 446, Kingsburg, California, have been busy working on their 40-acre farm consisting of grapes,
peaches and plumbs. Mr. Ed H. Nagata, owner of the farm, is shown with his family at his home. Mr. and Mrs. K. Abe, his parents-in-law,
who are now living with him, formerly lived in Orosi and expect to return to their home there soon. His sister-in-law Molly
Abe is employed in the Visalia WRA office as stenographer.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kingsburg, California. 6/27/45
Putting a bridle on one of his mules, Mr. Ed H. Nagata of Rt. 1, Box 446, Kingsburg, California, says it surely feels good
to be home again. The family returned to their home from Ontario, Oregon, where they relocated from the Colorado River Relocation
Center on January 22. Mr. Nagata raises grapes, peaches and plums on his 40-acre farm. He said he had no difficulty in marketing
the plums which he is nearly finished harvesting for this season. He also stated that all his neighbors have been very friendly
to them.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kingsburg, California. 6/27/45
A group enjoying a rest during their noon hour on the lawn of the Yamada residence at Rt. 1, Box 66, Kingsburg, California,
are front row, left to right, Ed M. Yano, Mrs. Yamada, Aiko Yamada, and Mr. Henry K. Yamada; back row, Mr. S. Yano and Mr.
Fujimoto. The Yamadas returned to their former home of March 8, from the Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Their
son, Ted, also returned with them but has since been inducted into the Army and is stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah. Mr. Yano
and his son, Ed, returned from the Gila River Center on April 15, after Ed was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. They
are temporarily living with the Yamadas until the house which they are rebuilding on their farm at Rt. 1, Box 83, Kingsburg,
will be completed. Mr. Yano has two other sons, both of whom are serving in the Army. Max is stationed at Camp Wolters, Texas,
and Robert is with the 442nd Infantry in Italy. Mr. Fujimoto is on a short term leave from the Gila River Relocation Center
looking for relocation opportunities.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kingsburg, California. 6/25/45
Mr. Henry K. Yamada is busy at work picking apricots on his son's 40-acre farm at Rt. 1, Box 66, Kingsburg, California, where
he returned from the Gila River Relocation Center on March 8, with his wife, Satomi, his son, Tasuko Ted, and daughter, Aiko.
Since their return home, Ted has been inducted into the U.S. Army and is now stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah. Another son,
Yoshio, relocated in Minnesota. The Yamadas are very happy to be home once again to their home which was built several years
prior to evacuation.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kingsburg, California. 6/25/45
Aiko Yamada is shown with her pet dog on the front steps of her home to which she returned from the Gila River Relocation
Center with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Yamada, and her brother, Ted, who has been inducted into the U.S. Army and
is stationed in Fort Douglas, Utah. Another brother, Yoshio, relocated in Minnesota. Aiko spends her time helping her mother
with housekeeping and when time permits, assists her father on the farm with some of the light work.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Kingsburg, California. 6/25/45
Mr. and Mrs. Goichi Hase are shown with their son, Mac, and daughter, Toyo, at their home located at Rt. 2, Box 337, Lemoore,
California, to which they returned from the Rohwer Relocation Center on April 2. They own a 20-acre vineyard where they lived
many years prior to evacuation. They state that their neighbors have been very friendly to them and welcome their return.
They have six other children who are relocated elsewhere in the country; one of them, Mae Momoyo is a Cadet Nurse at the University
of Minnesota. Mac is expected to report for active duty in the Army the day after this picture was taken.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Lemoore, California. 6/27/45
Mac Hase, who will be inducted into the U.S. Army tomorrow, is cutting weeds in his vineyard to get it in top-notch shape
before his departure. His farm is located at Rt. 2, Box 337, Lemoore, California, to which he and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Goichi Hase, and sisters, Toyo and Ruth, returned from the Rohwer Relocation Center on April 2. The family lived on their
farm for many years prior to evacuation. The family consisting of nine children are now relocated throughout the United States.
The eldest daughter, Miyo, is a medical stenographer at San Francisco; Kiyo, the second daughter, is working at Camp Chaffe
Station Hospital in Arkansas; Mae Momoyo is a Cadet Nurse at the University of Minnesota; Keigo, a son, is attending a school
in Des Moines, Iowa, to become a laboratory technician; Yoshi, the fourth daughter, a stenographer at Cleveland, Ohio; Helen
Yasue, another daughter, is attending Wesleyan University at Lincoln, Nebraska; the other three children are home with the
parents.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Lemoore, California. 6/27/45
Mac Hase is discussing the work of the vineyard to his father, Goichi Hase, before he leaves for the Army tomorrow. The family,
composed of Mr. and Mrs. Hase and daughters, Toyo and Ruth, returned from the Rohwer Relocation Center on April 2, to their
20-acre farm located at Rt. 2, Box 337, Lemoore, California. They are very pleased to be home once again after being away
for three years. Six other children are relocated elsewhere in the country; one of them, Mae Momoyo is a Cadet Nurse at the
University of Minnesota.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Lemoore, California. 6/27/45
Mr. Kanjiro Mayeda is shown at his home at Rt. 1, Box 374, Dinuba, to which he and his family returned from the Colorado River
Relocation Center on February 27. Mr. Mayeda's son, Hiroshi, owns a 280-acre vineyard consisting of Emperor and Thompson Seedless
grapes. They have been residents of the Dinuba district for the past 40 years or so, and Mr. Mayeda is one of the most prominently
known Issei men in the valley. His son, Hiroshi, was inducted in the U.S. Army on June 20, and is now stationed at Fort Douglas,
Utah. There are two evacuee families employed on the farm now, and several others are expected to be employed soon from the
centers. There were approximately 20 to 45 evacuees employed on their farm from time to time in pre-evacuation days.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Dinuba, California. 6/27/45
Mr. and Mrs. Kanjiro Mayeda of Rt. 1, Box 374, Dinuba, is shown at their home to which they returned with their son, Hiroshi
and his wife, and their daughter, Hideko. Hiroshi Mayeda owns a 280-acre vineyard consisting of Emperor and Thompson Seedless
grapes. The family arrived home from the Colorado River Relocation Center on February 27. They employ several families on
their farm for year-round work. Hiroshi Mayeda, son and owner of the farm, was inducted into the U.S. Army on June 20, and
is now stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah. The Mayedas have been residents of the Dinuba district for the past 40 years and is
one of the most prominent Issei couples in the San Joaquin valley. When the picture was taken, other members of the family
were not at home.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Dinuba, California. 6/27/45
Mr. and Mrs. Katsunosuke Miya returned to their son's farm located at Rt. 1, Box 90, Hanford, California, from the Granada
Relocation Center on May 17. Their son, Kiyoshi, who is now farming in Kansas City, Missouri, owns the 40-acre farm consisting
of peaches, grapes, and apricots. They have two sons serving in the U.S. Army, Harry and Tom. Another son, Frank, is now attending
Iowa State University at Ames, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Miya were residents of the Hanford district for over 35 years; therefore,
they state they are very happy to be back to their home, although their children did not return with them. Mr. Miya keeps
himself busy working on the farm.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hanford, California. 6/27/45
Mr. and Mrs. Katsunosuke Miya of Rt. 1, Box 90, Hanford, returned from the Granada Relocation Center, where they transferred
from Jerome, Arkansas, when the latter was closed last year, on May 17. Their son, Kiyoshi, who is farming in Kansas City,
Missouri, owns the 40-acre farm consisting of peaches, grapes, and apricots. They have two sons serving in the U.S. Army,
Harry and Tom. Another son, Frank, is now attending Iowa State University at Ames, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Miya were residents
of the Hanford district for over 35 years.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Hanford, California. 6/27/45
Mr. Kaudy Mimura, a native Orosan, is shown picking cucumbers on his farm located at Rt. 1, Box 43, Orosi, to which he and
his wife and son, Kenneth, returned on May 6, from the Colorado River Relocation Center. The Mimuras own a 40-acre farm composed
of vegetable crops, peaches and grapes. The Mimura home was the target of a shooting on the night of May 24. While at Poston,
Mr. Mimura was a representative of the Community Council. Mr. Mimura's brother and his family have returned to their farm
located a short distance from his farm; his parents are still at the Colorado River Center, but are expected to return to
Orosi shortly.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Orosi, California. 6/27/45
Mr. and Mrs. Kaudy Mimura and their son, Kenneth, is shown at their home located at Rt. 1, Box 43, Orosi, to which they returned
on May 6. They own a 40-acre farm composed of peaches, grapes, and vegetable crops. The Mimura home was the target of a shooting
on the night of May 24, although there was no injury nor damage done. While at Poston, Mr. Mimura was a representative of
the Community Council. His brother, Ted, and his family have already returned to Orosi also. His parents will return soon
from the Colorado River Project to join their sons.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Orosi, California. 6/27/45
Mrs. Tadao Yamada is shown with her son and brother and sister-in-law at their home to which they returned from the Colorado
River Relocation Center on June 15. The Yamada family is composed of Mr. and Mrs. Tadao Yamada and their sons and the parents
and brother and sisters of Mr. Yamada. They own a 60-acre farm consisting of oranges, plums, and truck crops. When the picture
was taken, the other members of the family were out on the farm picking tomatoes. Mr. Yamada has a brother, Akira, who is
serving in the U.S. Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Orosi, California. 6/27/45
Mr. and Mrs. Zensaku Ichimura, an Issei couple, returned to the farm of their adopted son, Henry Umino, who is expected to
return soon from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife have relocated. The 60-acre farm consisting of oranges,
peaches and celery is located at Rt. 1, Box 312, Orosi, California. Their home burned down sometime last year, therefore,
upon their return from Poston, they obtained sufficient material to build a new house. Mrs. Ichimura is picking roses in her
flower garden while her husband is working on the farm.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Orosi, California. 6/27/45
Mr. and Mrs. Zensaku Ichimura, an Issei couple, returned to their home at Rt. 1, Box 312, Orosi from the Colorado River Relocation
Center on March 30. After their return they built a new home, as their former home had burned after evacuation. They stated
that they were able to get sufficient material for building a house. The farm, which is owned by an adopted son, Henry Umino,
who is returning from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife are relocated, is composed of peaches, oranges, and
celery. They expect celery to be their main crop. Mrs. Ichimura is shown cooking lunch in the kitchen of her new home. Mr.
Ichimura has been working on the farm since his return from the center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Orosi, California. 6/27/45
Mr. John Yamamoto, owner of a 190-acre farm composed largely of citrus fruits and truck crops, returned to his home in Orosi
from the Colorado River Relocation Center with his family on January 10. The family is shown at their home located near the
foothills of Orosi, and are, left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Yamamoto, Marvin Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Hayakawa, a neighbor boy who returned
from Poston with his parents, and Francis Yamamoto. Mr. Yamamoto and his family are very glad to be back to their own home
which they built a few years prior to evacuation. While at Poston, Mr. Yamamoto was a Block Manager in Unit III.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Orosi, California. 6/27/45
The heads of the Kishi families at Livingston, California, are seen on the lawn in front of the Chiyoko Kishi home at Rt.
1, Box 318. Seated, left to right: Shozo Kishi, Chiyoko Kishi, Tajiro, Kishi; the youngster seated in the foreground is Sheldon
Kishi, grandson of Tajiro Kishi. The above family returned from the Granada Relocation center in April, and are now living
on a forty-acre vineyard owned and operated by Mayme Kishi, daughter of Chiyoko Kishi. Other members of the Tajiro Kishi family
include Roy Kishi, son; Mary Kishi, his wife; Norman Kishi, his son; Tokuku, Thais, and Donna, Norman's wife and two daughters.
The Chiyoko Kishi family also includes Shige Kishi, husband, Lucy and Mayme Kishi, daughters living at Livingston, Fred and
Sherman, sons, who are in the United States Army, Miko, daughter, who is attending school in Wyoming.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Livingston, California. 6/28/45
Mr. Frank Kaneda, formerly of Gila River Center, is pictured in front of the hostel at 1239 South Monroe Street, Stockton,
California. Mr. Kaneda arrived in May, but his wife, Mino, is still in the center. This building was purchased by the Stockton
Japanese Church for use as a hostel for the returnees, and is situated in a very nice section of the city.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Stockton, California. 6/28/45
Mr. and Mrs. Masataro Tabuchi was one of the first to return to their hometown, Stockton, from the Rohwer Relocation Center.
They are pictured in front of their residence at 1308 South Monroe. Other members of the family are Masako Agari, daughter,
Shigeko, daughter, and George, a son. A son-in-law, Junsuke Agari, is now serving with the United States Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Stockton, California. 6/28/45
Mr. Kajiro Tanioka exhibits a sample of sweet corn growing on his farm at Rt. 2, Box 685, Merced, California. Mr. Tanioka
returned to his home April 1, and the other members of the family joined him June 10. The Tanioka family operates a 32-acre
farm which includes 20 acres of almond, some figs, and some walnut trees, and the balance vegetables, which include tomatoes,
cantaloupes, sweet corn, and onions. The family has been relocated from the Granada Relocation Center, and consists in addition
to Mr. Tanioka, Fude, Takako, Charles, Mary, Myrtle, James, Anna, Marlene, and Helen.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Merced, California. 6/29/45
John Della Maggoire, San Jose orchardist, is one Santa Clara County rancher who solved the housing shortage for his recently
arrived evacuee help by gathering up odds and ends of lumber until he scraped together a couple of houses. He is shown here
with two of his workmen, Toy Sakae from Poston and Hisajiro Inouye from Gila, and the two Della Maggoire sons, Richard and
Armand. Roy, 23 and 4F, is helping Della Maggoire build to house the Sakae family (preevacuation address, San Juan) including
his father, Ichiro, his mother Kosuye, and his sisters, Katie, Lily and Marylan and brother, Shizuo. His brother, Henry, is
a recent army inductee. Hisajiro Inouye, too, is employed on the Della Maggoire Housing project. He resides on his own ranch
where the entire Inouye family recently relocated on Gish Road near San Jose.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/14/45
Relocation is complete for Riichi Nishimura, but it took the cooperation of his Caucasian ranch owner friend, Joe Doetsch
and a little skill with hammer, level, and saw. Shortly after the lifting of the ban, Mr. Doetsch got in touch with the Relocation
Officer in San Jose to assist him in getting his friend Mr. Nishimura and family back on his orchard near Campbell, from the
Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Mr. Doetsch had no housing available, but by doing a lot of hard work, he managed to scrape
together sufficient building material to construct temporary housing. Then, he sent for Nishimura, and soon had the family
housed, against the elements. Mr. and Mrs. Nishimura are now at home with their friends. One married daughter and their son,
Joseph, have relocated in Chicago. Mr. Nishimura is employed by his Caucasian friend. The Nishimura were employed by Mr. Doetsch
for many years prior to evacuation.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Los Gatos, California. 7/13/45
Sixteen-year-old Raymond Motoike and Ben Motoike, who are cousins, from the Manzanar Relocation Center are cutting the celery
plants at Camp no. 5, Bacon Island, Stockton, California.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Stockton, California. 6/30/45
It takes many hands and a lot of stooping to cultivate and bleach celery, particularly a 40-acre patch of celery. That is
why Masashi Namimatsu, known to his friends as Frank, calls upon a considerable group of evacuees to give him a hand on his
San Jose ranch at 491 Boynton Avenue. Shown here working in the Namimatsu celery are Lily Takemoto, voluntary evacuee and
relocatee from Utah, Tets Kifune, recently arrived from Heart Mountain, Masazo Kifune, father of Tets, Eddie Akizuki, recently
returned from Gila, and Masami Kifune, relocated from Heart Mountain. Lily is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kajiro Takemoto,
who are now employed on the Bracker ranch near Santa Clara, California. The Takemoto family returned to San Jose in April
from Fielding, Utah, at which place they voluntarily evacuated. The Kifunes returned from Heart Mountain in June of this year,
and their relocation is now complete, except, of course, for Tomio, who is in the army at Camp Ritchie, Maryland. Eddie Akizuki,
his father, Tsutomu, his mother, Yoshiko, sister, Bernice, and brother, Gary, all returned to San Jose from Gila in June.
The Akizukis are housed temporarily with the K. Kogura family in San Jose.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/11/45
One of the live wires of the San Jose evacuee farm colony is Masashi--Frank to his friends--Namimatsu, shown here inspecting
his celery crop near San Jose. Besides farming his own place, Frank has been a life saver to many of the evacuees who are
without farm equipment. He has kept his several tractors running day and night helping his neighbors get their land into shape
for planting. Frank arrived here from Salt Lake City by way of Gila in February of this year. With him are his wife, Toshiko,
his three daughters, Phyllis, Frances, and June; and his brother, Hiroshi. In spite of the fact that he has been here only
a short time, Frank is now maturing one of the largest celery crops in the Santa Clara Valley--approximately 40 acres. Some
indication of his business ability and of the attitude of the large banks toward relocation may be drawn from the fact that
Frank recently borrowed $25,000 from a San Jose Bank with which to produce his celery crop. I see no difference in public
sentiment now than before evacuation, says Frank. We have no difficulty buying supplies of any kind if they are available
at all and we have already had a number of buyers inquiring about our celery crop. With us everything is okay.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/11/45
Masashi Namimatsu, relocated from Salt Lake City and Gila to his vegetable ranch at 491 Boynton Avenue, San Jose, is shown
here with his three daughters, Phyllis, 18; Frances, 12, and June, 11. The picture is taken at the Namimatsu home. Masashi--Frank
to his friends--is one of the fortunate farmers who retained all of his farm equipment throughout evacuation. When he returned
to his home in February of this year, he brought his equipment with him and since that time his several tractors have been
worked day and night helping other evacuees get their land into shape for planting. Frank is one of the largest growers of
celery in the San Jose District. He now has about 40 acres planted to this crop and the cultivation of it requires considerable
extra labor. Frank is using evacuees exclusively on his farm. Public reception? repeated Frank when asked how he had been
received. Just say it is better than before evacuation so far as the Namimatsus are concerned.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/11/45
Will we pose with our Japanese friends? said Mr. F. W. Bracker when the cameraman caught up with him on the famous Bracker
ranch, Route 1, Box 1006, Santa Clara, California. Just watch us. Then the famous grower of equally famous Santa Clara County
pears lined up the oldsters of the little Bracker Relocation Project as follows: First row: Tokuhei Sawabe, K. E. Bracker,
Kajiro Takimoto, Mrs. Chiyoko Takimoto. Second row: Mrs. Shiki Sawabe, F. W. Bracker, Frank Chikuma, and G. A. Bracker. The
Sawabes are from the Poston Center; the Chikumas are from Heart Mountain, and the Takimotos are voluntary evacuees who returned
to the Bracker ranch in April of this year from Fielding, Utah. Mrs. Chikuma passed away at Heart Mountain, and the Chikuma
household is now managed by 18-year-old Alice and her sister, Helen. The Sawabes have a son, Pfc. Harvey, in the armed forces
of the 442nd now stationed in Italy. The Takimotos' son, Carlo, in the armed forces at camp Wolters, Texas.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Santa Clara, California. 7/12/45
With the Bracker family, famous Santa Clara County growers of pears and other fruits, relocation is only homecoming of their
former Japanese families. At the moment the Brackers have the families of Frank Chikuma (Heart Mountain), Tokuhei Sawabe (Poston),
and the Kajiro Takimoto, voluntary evacuees from Fielding, Utah. In addition, the Brackers are employing many day-workers
of Japanese ancestry. As more housing is available, they plan to employ more Japanese. Shown in this group are, front row:
Nobu Sawabe, Yaeko Sawabe, Junior Takimoto, Irene Takimoto, Allen Chikuma, Karen Chikuma, Teddy Chikuma, and Kajiro Takimoto.
Second row: Mitsuko Sawabe, Ayako Sawabe, Mrs. Chiyoko Takimoto, Lily Takimoto, Alice Chikuma, and George Chikuma. Third row:
Mrs. Shiki Sawabe, Tokuhei Sawabe, F. W. Bracker, Frank Chikuma, K. E. Bracker, and G. A. Bracker. Their address is Route
1, Box 1006, Santa Clara, California.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Santa Clara, California. 7/12/45
The Bracker ranch near Santa Clara, California, is famous throughout the world for its Bartlett and Winter pears. Proof that
they also grow some peaches is contained in this snap-shot. In the front row are Lily Takimoto, 19; Alice Chikuma, 19, Heart
Mountain; Mitsuko Sawabe, 18, Poston; back row: Ayako Sawabe, 25; Yaeko Sawabe, 16; and Nobuko Sawabe, 21, all from Poston.
The three families are employed permanently on the Bracker ranch, Route 1, Box 1006, Santa Clara, California, as are many
day-workers from various Centers. Most of these people live in the Hostel, and are transported back and forth in one of the
Bracker trucks. The Chikumas returned from Heart Mountain in March of this year, the Sawabes returned from Poston in June,
and the Takimotos, voluntary evacuees, returned from Utah in April.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Santa Clara, California. 7/12/45
A farmer Rohwer resident, Kayo Takechi, is now making use of her Gregg College training in Chicago, as a stenographer at the
War Relocation Authority office in Stockton, California. Her family resides at Camp no. 5, Bacon Island, Stockton, California,
and because of the distance she boards with a Caucasian family in the city.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Stockton, California. 7/2/45
With light heart and a prayer of thanks that the big job of relocation is over for him, Tom Tomizo Yamasaki, recent arrival
in San Jose from Heart Mountain, preps prune trees on the ranch near Mountain View, California. The Yamasaki family, twelve
strong, are housed in a new modern bungalow on the Neilson ranch. Two daughters, Margarite and Irene, and Tome, Tom's sister,
found employment in Palo Alto homes a few days after arriving at their new home. With us, Tom said, people seem even more
friendly than before evacuation. Much has happened to us since returning and it has all been good. Tom reports everyone old
enough is working in the fruit harvest who is not otherwise employed. Located with Tom are his sister, Tome, and his father,
Tomitaro, 76, and mother, Tochi, 72. His own family consists of his wife, Kiyoko, and the following children: Margarite, 20;
Irene, 19; Alice, 17; Thomas Shoichi, 15; Edith, 12; Kenji, 8; Joyce, 4.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Mountain View, California. 7/10/45
Five sons in the Army! Ten children in all. This is the proud record of Mr. and Mrs. Takejiro Kodama, lately from Poston Center,
now waiting out the war on the ranch home of their son-in-law, Shigio Masunaga near San Jose. With them are Ruth, 16; Roy,
14; and Geraldine, 12. Mr. Kodama is 66 and Mrs. Kodama is 54. In the army are Cpl. Shosaku in Australia, Pfc. Harry in the
famous 442nd in Europe, Pfc. James at Fort Meade, Pfc. George at Fort Knox and Pfc. Oscar is at Camp Hood, Texas. Mrs. Shig
Masunaga (nee Hiroko Kodama) is mighty happy to have her family with her for the duration. We are a bit crowded, she said,
but we do not mind. Mother helps out around the house and father putters around the garden. The important thing is we are
all out of camp together. Prior to evacuation the Kodamas resided in the Imperial Valley. Tamiki Kodama, tenth of the Kodama
children, has relocated in Salt Lake City.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/9/45
Shown left to right are Jimmy Uchiyama, and his two cousins, Leo and Robert Uchiyama, on the vegetable farm of the father
of the latter two, Sam Isamu Uchiyama. Both families are recent arrivals from Poston Center. They are now located on Sterling
Road at the city limits of Mountain View where the Uchiyamas are making the California soil shell out turnips, carrots, broccoli,
cabbage, celery, tomatoes--what have you, for the Nation's food basket. With the Uchiyamas and employed by them are the Kiyutaro
Nishijimas and Mr. and Mrs. Itaru Nakatsu and family. When work is slack at the ranch, said Raymond, we all work in nearby
orchards. That is--all of us who are old enough. And we are quite a crowd too. When all are present we total about 50--I have
lost the exact count. Even a smaller family would not be lonely in the Mountain View District. For relocated almost in stone's
throw of the Uchiyama front gate are the families of Masataro Fujii, Roy Iwata, Leonark Oku, Masao Oku and Alice Koyano, all
florist nurserymen.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Mountain View, California. 7/5/45
Mrs. Yoshiko Joan Nakatsu, wife of Itaru Nakatsu, recent relocatees in the Mountain View section of California from Gila,
working in the turnips on the Sam Isamu Uchiyama vegetable farm. Mr. and Mrs. Nakatsu have their four children Naomi, Herbert,
James, and Kenneth back in a real if humble home, as they put it. I don't know from experiences much about public reception,
said Nakatsu. Everyone is working in the vegetables or in nearby orchards, contributing our bit to the war effort by producing
food. If anything, people seem to be more friendly--more tolerant and sympathetic--than before evacuation. In the Nakatsu
and Uchiyama families the girls are learning to cook, to shop, to care for the home and otherwise to live again like ordinary
Americans. I am afraid home was only a word to me before evacuation, Mrs. Nakatsu said. Now that we are really back I find
that Home is one of the most meaningful words in our language.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Mountain View, California. 7/5/45
Miss Alice Uchiyama, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Katsuzo Uchiyama, recent relocatees from Poston Center, pulling turnips on the
vegetable farm of her uncle, Sam Isamu Uchiyama near Mountain View, California. Besides her parents, Alice has a sister, Kasumi,
and three brothers, James, Charles, and William, in the family. Two older brothers are in the Army. Kazuo is in Germany and
Alvin Eizo is in Italy. Until summer vacation came, Kasumi and William were attending school in Denver. When the Uchiyama
youngsters are not employed in the vegetables being grown by the family, they are picking fruit on nearby orchards of Caucasian
neighbors. Everyone is nice to us, Alice said. In the stores, ice cream parlors, on the street or working in the orchards,
people treat us as friends and as American citizens. It is good to be back home in California where everyone in the family
except father and mother were born. All of the children who have not graduated will enter the Mountain View schools this coming
fall term.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Mountain View, California. 7/5/45
Itaro Nakatsu, 37-year-old citizen, came to San Jose from Gila to have a look see at relocation around his old pre-evacuation
stamping ground. Soon he had hooked up in a vegetable crop share deal with his brother-in-law, Sam Isamu Uchiyama, near Mountain
View, California. The camera caught him in the act of giving his thirsty acres a liberal drink of California aqua pura. Itaro
quickly converted to indefinite leave and, armed with a few carpenter tools, set about converting an old packing shed into
water tight if inartistic living quarters for his wife, Joan, and four children. Now the family address is Mountain View,
California, and the chief order of business for all hands is adding to the Nation's war effort by producing vegetables. When
not busy on the truck garden, the entire family picks fruit for nearby Caucasian neighbors. The children are Naomi, Herbert,
James and Kenneth. Those of school age will enter the Mountain View public school this coming fall term.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Mountain View, California. 7/5/45
Katsuzo Uchiyama, 55-year-old former San Jose fruit grower, is proud of his two sons in the Army overseas, of his family in
general and of his vegetables, wrested from the soil to add to the Nation's war effort. He is shown here with a freshly pulled
turnip taken from the ground on the 43-acre vegetable farm where the Uchiyamas--50 strong--led by Uncle Sam Uchiyama--are
relocated from Poston and Gila Centers. Katsuzo and Sumi, his wife, have five children with them--Alice, James, Charles, William
and Kasumi. Two older sons--Kazuo and Alvin--are in the armed forces on the European continent. Katsuzo and his brother, Sam
Isamu, are growing tomatoes, carrots, turnips, celery, and other garden sass on a share crop basis. Thus far, they have had
no trouble in buying supplies or in marketing their produce. Crops are good--prices are high and public reception is all that
could be asked around Mountain View, Katsuzo said. And then he added: We have housing and we are all home again. What more
could we ask?
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Mountain View, California. 7/5/45
The Uchiyamas are back in California. nearly 50 strong, hard at work producing vegetables--food for the Nation. Sam Uchiyama,
40-year-old citizen, is the Director-General of the enterprise. Early in April, Sam decided his future and the welfare of
Mrs. Uchiyama and their six children lay in their home county in California, and not in Poston Relocation Center. With the
help of the San Jose WRA office, Sam leased on a share crop basis 40 acres of vegetable land on Sterling Road, Mountain View,
and donned his working clothes. Sam found the various Government agencies cooperative and the banks ready to resume operations
where they left off at evacuation time. His operation was financed by a large San Jose bank without difficulty. As soon as
housing had been prepared, Sam sent for Haruko, his wife, and Leo, Buddy, Aiko, Uriko, and Emiko. Raymond, 15, the oldest,
had been on the ranch driving tractor for his dad for several weeks. Katsuzo Uchiyama, older brother of Sam, soon joined the
colony as did his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kiyutaro Nishijima from Gila Center and his brother-in-law,
Itaru Nakatsu, his wife and four children, Naomi, Herbert, James, and Kenneth, trailed along. Now Sam's younger brother, Shigeru,
is arranging to bring Mrs. Uchiyama and their six children from Poston to join the colony. Shown here is Charles Uchiyama
washing turnips for the San Francisco market.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Mountain View, California. 7/5/45
Jimmy Nakatsu, son of Mr. and Mrs. Itaru Nakatsu, recent relocatees from Gila Center, is one of the younger hands on the vegetable
farm of his uncle, Sam Isamu Uchiyama, adjoining the town limits of Mountain View, California. Jimmy and his two brothers,
Herbert and Kenneth, and his sister, Naomi, have discovered there is a lot of work to growing vegetables for the nation's
food basket and that a great deal of it can be done by smart and ambitious youngsters. Uncle Sam is more than a nickname for
a tall man with chin whiskers and wide striped pants to Jimmy. To him uncle Sam is his vegetable-growing real uncle who established
the business a few months back, built houses, repaired others and brought out of Gila and Poston Center 50 people--all relatives--to
grow food. While Jimmy and the other youngsters are busy with their jobs this harvesting season, he still finds time for baseball--there
are almost two full teams in the four families relocated together--and an occasional picture show.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Mountain View, California. 7/5/45
Jim Miyano at feeding time on his ranch, Route 4, Box 114, Petaluma, California. Jim was the second man to return to the Petaluma
area. This fine flock of Leghorns reflect the care of an expert. Jim was formerly a resident of the Granada Relocation Center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Petaluma, California. 8/6/45
Jim Miyano in a small potato field on his ranch, Route 4, Box 114, Petaluma, California. Jim says he is operating his chicken
sheds at only about one-tenth volume, therefore he is growing potatoes on the ground that would not otherwise be in use. Ordinarily
this ground would be in kale. Jim was formerly a resident of the Granada Relocation Center. He is now one of the committeemen
in the Petaluma area.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Petaluma, California. 8/6/45
Risuke Kawaoka, father of Frank Kawaoka, on his ranch at Route 1, Box 113, Petaluma, California. He was formerly a resident
of the Granada Relocation Center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Petaluma, California. 8/7/45
This picture was taken in front of the Presbyterian Church Hostel, 727 T Street, Sacramento, California. The Reverend Isamu
Nakamura is the minister. Back row (left to right)--Mr. Takejiro Shimatsuko (Granada); The Reverend Isamu Nakamura (Granada);
Mrs. K. Oshima (Granada); The Reverend Igarashi (Heart Mountain); William Otani (Granada). Front row (left to right)--Etsu
and Miye Nakamura, daughters of the Reverend Nakamura; Mr. K. Oshima (Granada); Mr. Y. Hirotsu (Topaz); Mrs. Shimatsuko (Granada).
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Sacramento, California. 8/11/45
This picture was taken at 522 N Street, Sacramento, California. Reading from left to right: Mitsu Hara, from Topaz; H. Matamura
and Mrs. Y. Matamura, from Heart Mountain; Akio Hayashi, from Caldwell, Idaho; Su Harada, from Reno, Nevada; Hiroshi Takemoto,
from Amache, Colorado; Grace Sigami, from Minidoka; M. Niyashi, from Topaz; and Peter Osuga, from Heart Mountain. The children
in the foreground are boys and girls of visitors and guests of relocatees. Su Harada is most active in this hostel and devotes
most of her time to its management. Mrs. Harada is the wife of Captain Harada, who is now serving with the United States Army
in Germany.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Sacramento, California. 8/16/45
A meeting was held this morning by the Board of Directors and the Hostel Trustees at the Buddhist Church on Pine Street to
discuss plans for providing a hostel within the Buddhist Temple building. Left to right: front row: Mr. Kazo Fukagai, Hostel
Trustee, Gila; Rev. Zenkai Okayama, director and trustee, Topaz; Rev. Shinjiro Nagutomi, trustee, Manzanar; Rev. Shintatsu
Sanada, trustee of Topaz; back row: Left to right: Mr. Matsuzo Kurokawa, director, Topaz; Kihei Ikeda, director, Topaz; Mr.
Luther Hoffman, Project Director, Topaz; Mr. Kami, director, Topaz; and Mr. Mitsuso Uyeda, director, Topaz.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Francisco, California. 7/23/45
Mrs. Helen Matsumoto is shown in the file room of the FPHA. Mrs. Matsumoto is formerly of Poston and is now residing in San
Francisco. Her husband, Staff Sergeant George Matsumoto, is stationed in Italy.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Francisco, California. 7/23/45
Shown is a group of FPHA employees. In the front row, left to right, there are two Nisei girls: Marie Kai (Granada) and Arrice
Mizono (Topaz). Back row, left to right: Mae Tanaka (Topaz) and Helen Matsumoto (Poston).
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Francisco, California. 7/23/45
Working in the Sequoia Nursery in Redwood City, California, are (from left to right) Hirosuke Inouye, Topaz; Satoru Yamada,
Gila; Hio Kashima, Topaz; and Dick Arimoto, Topaz. They returned to find their six greenhouses in excellent condition--not
a window pane broken. During the past three years, the greenhouses, devoted exclusively to gardenias, has been under the management
of the four Wong brothers. Mr. Inouye, a Stanford graduate '38, Biological Science, and Mr. Arimoto teach at Stanford University's
Civil Affairs Training School.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Redwood City, California. 7/19/45
Shuji Kanno, Route 4, Box 739, Santa Ana, California. Mr. Kanno, formerly of Poston, is the owner of 20 acres of land and
has been back to his home since April, 1945. The acreage is planted to asparagus. He is having no difficulties in selling
his crop. Mr. Kanno is very cooperative and has and still is offering temporary living quarters to returnees. He has one son
in the U.S. Army.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Santa Ana, California. 9/12/45
Mr. and Mrs. Juichi Shimazu, Route 4, Box 752, Santa Ana, California. Mr. Shimazu, formerly of Poston, owns 10 acres at the
above address. He reports that he has no difficulty in marketing his produce, which this season consisted principally of tomatoes.
During Mr. Shimazu's absence, his ranch was leased to Augustine Duarte, a Mexican tenant, from whom he received excellent
cooperation and not only during his absence, but also since his return to his land.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Santa Ana, California. 9/12/45
Mrs. Henry Akiyama is pictured on her Pacific Gold Fish Farm, Garden Grove, California. Mr. and Mrs. Akiyama have leased 40
acres at this address (N.W. corner of First and Golden West Boulevard) for the last 11 years. They are formerly of Poston
and report no difficulties in disposing of all goldfish they are able to deliver to the market.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Garden Grove, California. 9/13/45
Mr. Henry Akiyama is shown on his Pacific Gold Fish Farm, Garden Grove, California. Mr. and Mrs. Akiyama have leased 40 acres
at this address (N.W. corner of First and Golden West Boulevard) for the last 11 years. They are formerly of Poston and report
no difficulties in disposing of all goldfish they are able to deliver to the market.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Garden Grove, California. 9/13/45
This photo shows the following: Takajiro and Mitsuko Nishimoto, husband and wife; Tsui Nishimoto; Amy Watanabe and Yoko Nishimoto,
3055 Madison Street, Arlington, California. These evacuees returned last May from Poston. Mr. Nishimoto's son, Mac, formerly
operated a fleet of vegetable trucks but has, since the evacuation, leased them to a Caucasian.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Arlington, California. 9/8/45
Mr. Itaro Nakada, left, and Tero Tanaka, right, examining chrysanthemums at Mr. Nakada's place. Mr. Nakada has 30,000 chrysanthemums
started in the family nursery at Rt. 2, Box 7, Tracy, California, and expects to have at least 100,000 chrysanthemums to sell.
Mr. Nakada has plant patents on some unusual chrysanthemums. Mr. Nakada has two sons in the service--Thomas, stationed in
France, and Daniel in the United States.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Tracy, California. 7/2/45
John Yamane, 1908 Redondo Blvd., Gardena, California, operates the Golden Nursery. He was formerly at Poston. Operating with
him are his three brothers, Carl, Henry, and Frank. He reports that he is having marketing difficulties.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Gardena, California. 9/5/45
Pictured are John, Frank, Carl, and Henry Yamane, operators of the Golden Nursery at 1908 Redondo Blvd., Gardena, California.
They are from the Poston Relocation Center.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Gardena, California. 9/5/45
A group of workers in a Lodi, California, vineyard. Pictured are Mickey Yoshimoto and the Komatsu Brothers, formerly of Gila.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Lodi, California. 7/1/45
Ko Hirata, Rt. 1, Box 65, Linden, California, returned from the Manzanar Center early in April to resume operation of a 32-acre
farm. Mr. Hirata recently purchased the Farmall he is driving and also a diesel tractor. He is growing 19 acres of tomatoes,
3-acres of cherry trees, and the balance in vegetables. He has a wife, Toshiye, and two daughters, Grace and Ruth, and a son,
Henry.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Linden, California. 7/2/45
The Hirata family returned from the Manzanar center early in April to their farm at Rt. 1, Box 65, Linden, California. Left
to right, Ko Hirata, Henry, Grace, Mrs. Hirata, and Ruth, in their tomato field. In addition to 19-acres of tomatoes they
are growing 3-acres of cherry trees and the balance in vegetables.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Linden, California. 7/2/45
Nisei instructors in the Japanese language are busy youngsters teaching army officers at Stanford University. Shown here before
the Stanford Main Library and Hoover Tower are: Front row left to right, Richard Arimoto (Granada and Topaz), Los Angeles;
Ryuji Adachi (Topaz), Redwood City, California; Sumi Sugimoto (Topaz), Redwood City, California; Kenneth Fujiyoshi (Manzanar),
Los Angeles; Masato W. Kato (Gila), Los Angeles; Masaye Masuyama (Manzanar), Los Angeles; and Professor A. E. Sokol of Stanford.
Middle row: Hirosuke Inouye (Topaz), Redwood City, California; Alice Hanasaki (Gila), Compton, California; Margaret Nakagawa
(Topaz), San Francisco; Helen Ban (Manzanar), Los Angeles; Mary Jane Hamachi (Topaz), Centerville, California; and Irene Hirose
(Topaz), San Francisco. Back row: Keiji K. Kubo (Topaz), Sacramento; Clark Saito (Gila), Parlier, California; Hiroshi Waki
(Gila), Los Angeles; Helen Takahashi (Topaz), San Francisco; and Henry Handa (Manzanar), Los Angeles.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Palo Alto, California. 7/15/45
Here are some of the reasons--nine by exact count--why army life is not all that Sherman said of war. Teachers of the Japanese
language to Army Officers in the Civil Affairs School of Stanford University, a group of Nisei gals pose with Prof. A. E.
Sokol of Stanford, head of the school, before the main library and Hoover Tower. Left to right they are: Masaye Masuyama (Manzanar),
Los Angeles; Sumi Sugimoto (Topaz), Redwood City, California; Mary Jane Hamachi (Topaz), Centerville, California; Helen Takahashi
(Topaz), San Francisco; Helen Ban (Manzanar), Los Angeles; Prof. A. E. Sokol of Stanford, Margaret Nakagawa (Topaz), San Francisco;
Julia Kitayama (Manzanar), Los Angeles; Alice Hamasaki (Gila), Compton, California; and Irene Hirose (Topaz), San Francisco.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Palo Alto, California. 7/15/45
Two pairs in poker is only a fair hand but these two pair of Nisei teachers at Stanford University are hard to beat according
to Prof. A. E. Sokol, head of the Civil Affairs Training School for officers. Here in front of Stanford Memorial Church (left
to right) are Genzo Soraoka (Gila), Pasadena, California; Julia Kitayama (Manzanar), Los Angeles, California; Mary Jane Hamachi
(Topaz), Centerville, California; and Keiji K. Kubo (Topaz), Sacramento, Calif. Twenty-two Nisei, about half women, are teaching
at Stanford. No summer vacation, either, this year. Both men and women live on the campus.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Palo Alto, California. 7/15/45
Here is a group of Nisei contributing to the war effort by teaching the Japanese language to officers and men in the Civil
Affairs Training School of the army at Stanford University. Shown in front of the arch-way to Memorial Court, they are: Front
row, left to right, Keiji Kubo (Topaz), Sacramento, California; Ryuji Adachi (Topaz), Redwood City, California; Clark Saito
(Gila), Parlier, California; Richard Arimoto (Granada and Topaz) Los Angeles; Kenneth Fujiyoshi (Manzanar), Los Angeles. Back
row, left to right, Hirosuke Inouye (Topaz), Redwood City, California; Hiroshi Waki (Gila), Los Angeles; Masato Kato (Gila),
Los Angeles; Henry Handa (Manzanar), Los Angeles; and Genzo Soraoka (Gila), Pasadena, California.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Palo Alto, California. 7/15/45
Among the pioneers of relocation in San Jose are Mr. and Mrs. Shigetaka Onishi and their son, Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Onishi
arrived in San Jose from Denver, where they had relocated, in January, 1945. They were formerly at Heart Mountain. The Onishis
have a modern bungalow home at 175 Taylor Street, San Jose. Mr. Onishi is a contract gardener. Mr. and Mrs. Onishi are shown
here with their friend Shigetomo Motoike, recent evacuee from Heart Mountain who is now employed as a gardener at Alum Rock
Sanitarium, San Jose.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/14/45
Kiyo Kitazawa, wife of Buemon Kitazawa, florist of San Jose, in the garden of the Kitazawa home at 597 Polhemus Street, San
Jose. The Kitazawas returned from Manzanar Center in April of this year and are now hard at work getting back into production
of flowers and shrubs. Their son, George Kitazawa, is a graduate of Syracuse University in chemistry and is now employed in
his profession in Syracuse, New York.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/12/45
One of San Jose's widely known and highly respected residents is Buemon Kitazawa, grower of rare shrubs and flowers at his
little nursery at 597 Polhemus Street, San Jose. Mr. and Mrs. Kitazawa returned from Manzanar Center in April of this year.
Their son, George, is employed as a chemical engineer in Syracuse, New York. Mr. Kitazawa is prominent in the activities of
the Japanese Methodist Church in San Jose. His brother, Gijiu Kitazawa, formerly of Heart Mountain Center, arrived in San
Jose from Detroit, Michigan, with his daughter, Mae, recently to plan for relocation of the family.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/12/45
You can say the Kato family has resumed where we left off at evacuation time. Thus epitomized Yasuto Kato the relocation of
the well-known Warm Springs family. They are busy growing tomatoes and other garden truck on their ranch and are marketing
through regular channels without incident. Shown here, left to right, are Robert Utsumi, a nephew of Katsu and Taijyu, Katsu,
60, his son, Yasuto, Taijyu, and Tomiko Dorothy, wife of Yasuto. Missing from the group are Joe Kato, brother of Yasuto, who
was killed in action in France, and Henry, a member of the 442nd infantry still in Italy. The Katos were evacuated to Topaz,
and were one of the first families to relocate at Tree Mountain, Utah. They returned to their home in March of this year.
Address P.O. Box 87, Warm Springs, California.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Warm Springs, California. 7/14/45
Robert Utsumi, and his uncle, Yasuto Kato, Warm Springs vegetable growers, are shown here inspecting tomato plants on the
Kato ranch. They told the camera man the plants are in fine condition and a good yield is anticipated. They have arranged
to market their crops thru established channels. Robert is from Central Utah camp. He arrived in California in June to make
a hand for his uncle until school opens for the fall term, when he plans to enter San Jose State College. The Katos relocated
from Tree Mountain, Utah, via Topaz in March. With Yasuto is his wife, Dorothy, Taijyu, and his father, and Katsu, his mother.
The Katos is a Gold Star home, their son, Joseph, having been killed in action on October 16, 1944,while the famous 442nd,
all Japanese unit, was rescuing the Lost Battalion of this war. S/Sgt. Henry Kato, a second son, is still in Europe. The two
Kato girls are both nurses, Kiyo at a marine hospital in New Orleans and Sumi at St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Warm Springs, California. 7/14/45
Taijyu Kato, Gold Star father of the Warm Springs area of California, sprinkles celery plants in the hot house of the Kato
ranch at Warm Springs, near San Jose, California. The Kato family came home to their vegetable ranch and modern home from
Tree Mountain, Utah, via Topaz in March, 1945. With Taijyu are Mrs. Kato and Mr. and Mrs. Yasuto Kato. Joe Kato, a son, was
killed in action in the engagement when the 442nd, all Japanese unit, rescued the Lost Battalion of World War II on October
16, 1944. S/Sgt. Henry Kato, another son, is with the army in England. The two Kato girls are nurses, Kiyo at a marine hospital
in New Orleans and Sumi at St. Marks hospital in Salt Lake City.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Warm Springs, California. 7/14/45
Mrs. Fred Mittwer, who writes under the name of Mary Oyama, relocated in Denver from Heart Mountain in January, 1943. Mrs.
Mittwer is the author of the article My Only Crime is My Face, which appeared in the August, 1943, issue of Liberty Magazine.
She has directed her writing ability in the past two years toward attempting to break down misconceptions on the part of Caucasians
concerning Japanese in this country. Mrs. Mittwer is a former resident of Los Angeles, from where she was evacuated to the
Santa Anita Assembly Center. After spending four and one-half months at Santa Anita she was moved to Heart Mountain. Before
Pearl Harbor she was a frequent contributor to the English section of Japanese newspapers. She has three brothers, all of
whom have relocated, all of whom are of draft age, and all of whom expect to enter some branch of the armed forces soon. Mrs.
Mittwer is married and the mother of two small children.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Denver, Colorado. 5/13/44
Henry Omachi at the transit, a young student of engineering from the Tule Lake Center, now relocated in Cleveland and employed
by the National Surveys Company, is here seen at work on the water front with Joe Semanisin, a Caucasian.
Photographer: Mace, Charles E.
Cleveland, Ohio. 8/18/43
Democracy at Work. Abe Hagiwara, a relocatee from the Minidoka Relocation Center and a former resident of Alaska prior to
our entrance into the war, is now employed at the Y.M.C.A. in Cleveland as a boys' work secretary. Hagiwara's mother is still
in the Minidoka Center and his wife works as a typist in the County Library in Cleveland. He is shown here surrounded by admiring
Cleveland youngsters representing nine nationalities.
Photographer: Mace, Charles E.
Cleveland, Ohio. 8/19/43
Another freedom of considerable importance to the young feminine mind in America is the freedom to shop for and wear pretty
clothes. These two Nisei girls, evacuees from the west coast and recently relocated from the relocation center at Granada,
Colorado, are again enjoying that privilege. They are shown here sporting their new swim suits on a Chicago beach. Both girls
are employed as secretaries in the city. They are, standing, Sueko Kiguche; seated, Suisie Hattori.
Photographer: Mace, Charles E.
Chicago, Illinois. 8/13/42
Ayako Yoshii (left), and Allyce Hirabayashi, are interviewed by Nurse Maxine Davis at the American Red Cross Blood Donor Center,
117 15th Street, after appearing at the Center with a dozen Japanese-American women and several men to register as blood donors
as a protest against atrocities perpetrated upon American prisoners of war in the Philippines by Japanese troops. Miss Hirabayashi,
whose home formerly was in Salinas, California, is a relocated evacuee from the War Relocation Center at Poston, Arizona.
Miss Yoshii, a former resident of Los Angeles, California, is a relocatee from the War Relocation Center at Amache, Colorado.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Denver, Colorado. 2/3/44
Miss Mildred Sasaki, formerly of Tule Lake Relocation Center, is shown at her work in the Day Care Nursery and School. This
school is located in an old store building to which working mothers bring their children for day care and to which boys and
girls of elementary school grades come for instruction. This is an effort to aid in the prevention of delinquency. Miss Sasaki
is a specialist in the nursery and kindergarten work and her work is much appreciated here. She is shown telling stories and
doing finger work with a few of the smaller children who had become uneasy since it is time for their mothers to come and
get them. Miss Sasaki's acceptance by the Board of Education and her special abilities have helped interpret the high standards
of Japanese Americans to Cincinnati.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Cincinnati, Ohio. 9/12/44
Dora Nakamura helps her mother in the nurses' home at St. Anthony's Hospital, Rockford, Illinois. One of their duties is the
upkeep of the linen room. In this picture, Mrs. Nakamura is placing nurses uniforms into the individual compartments, while
her daughter, Dora, stands ready with more clean uniforms to go into other compartments. The Nakamuras, prior to evacuation,
lived at Santa Cruz, California, and lived first at the Tule Lake Relocation Center and later at the Amache center. They came
to Rockford in October, 1943.
Photographer: Mace, Charles E.
Rockford, Illinois. 2/4/44
Fed Toguri, owner, Masachi Hori, who works for Fred, and June Toguri, Fred's sister, are shown at the front counter in Mr.
Toguri's Food Shop at 1012 North Clark Street, Chicago. Fred and June Toguri and Masachi Hori all came to Chicago from Gila
River Relocation Center. Fred Toguri operated a grocery store in Los Angeles prior to evacuation. He also operates a rooming
house two floors above the Food Shop and another one close by in the neighborhood.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 9/19/44
Kay Sunahara, Akira Taniguchi, and Lillian Funakubo, Nisei boarders, are pictured on the front steps of the pleasant boarding
house operated by Mr. and Mrs. Toyone Maeda, who are standing behind their tenants. The boarding house has accommodations
for 14 persons. All of the Maedas' tenants at present are resettlers. Mr. and Mrs. Maeda came to Chicago from Manzanar by
way of Utah, where they operated a farm at Hannibal, Utah, for about a year after leaving the center. Prior to evacuation
they were hog raisers at Buena Park, California. One of their two sons, Jimmy, is attending high school in Chicago, and their
other son, Sam, is attending a chick sexing school in Pennsylvania. In addition to their boarding house, the Maedas have a
small trucking business in Chicago.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Chicago, Illinois. 9/19/44
The Delgado Museum of Art. This museum is situated near one entrance to the New Orleans City Park.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
New Orleans, Louisiana. 1/13/45
Swans and ducks are common in the City Park. These pictures were taken on the 13th day of January, 1945. On that day several
people were rowing boats and paddling canoes in the park lagoons. The temperature was 77 degrees.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
New Orleans, Louisiana. 1/13/45
Kenneth Sugioka, young Nisei, at work on a precision lathe in the defense plant of the Hathaway Instrument Company in Denver,
Colorado. Young Kenneth, a former orchardist, was born and raised in Hollister, California, where he took an active part in
church and community activities, was a mate (adult leader) of a troop of Sea Scouts, and pursued a hobby of metal working.
A voluntary evacuee, he moved to Denver and found a place where his talents as a precision machinist could be directly employed
in the manufacture of war materials.
Photographer: Parker, Tom
Denver, Colorado. 5/5/43
Sightseeing in Washington, D.C. Harrio Najima, from Tule Lake Relocation Center, Kiyoka Nagai from Jerome Center, Jane Oi
from Granada, Sally Tsujimoto from Manzanar, and Paul Matsuki from Central Utah Project visit the Lincoln Memorial. They are
all working for the War Relocation Authority.
Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen
"Washington, D.C.", . 10/14/43
Kiyoko Nagai from Jerome, Harrio Najima from Tule Lake, Paul Matsuki from Central Utah, Sally Tsujimoto from Manzanar, and
Jane Oi from Granada visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. They are all working in that city for the War Relocation Authority.
Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen
"Washington, D.C.", . 10/14/43
Feeding pigeons in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. are Jane Oi from Granada Relocation Center, Harrio Najima from
Tule Lake, and Sally Tsujimoto from Manzanar. They are all three working for the War Relocation Authority. Sally's husband
is a member of the Japanese American Combat Team in training at Camp Shelby.
Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen
"Washington, D.C.", . 10/14/43
Jane Oi and Sally Tsujimoto show privates Katsujii Nakamoto and Harold Matsumura the Capitol in Washington. Jane, who spent
nearly a year at Granada, and Sally, from Manzanar, are both working as secretaries for the War Relocation Authority. Katsujii
and Harold are members of the Japanese American Combat Team, training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen
"Washington, D.C.", . 10/14/43
Ruth Nishi, 21, an evacuee from Poston who is now working for the Bloomfield Mfg. Co., Chicago, where she skillfully operates
a turret lathe making parts for gas values. Her former home was in Berkeley, California, where her father owned a fruit and
vegetable market.
Photographer: Parker, Tom
Chicago, Illinois. 8/?/43
When all persons of Japanese ancestry were evacuated from the west coast, George Tayota left a fruit stand in Oakland, California.
He stayed in the Central Utah Relocation Center until a job was offered him in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Three weeks behind
the bar of a hotel restaurant, and George had mastered the art of the cocktail shaker and the short beer. A popular barkeep,
he plans to bring the rest of his family from Topaz to Bridgeport.
Photographer: Parker, Tom
Bridgeport, Connecticut. 9/16/43
Staff Sergeant Ben Kuroki of the United States Army Eighth Air Forces. Sgt. Kuroki has spent a year and a half in the European
war theatre. As a gunner on a Liberator, he participated in thirty one bombing missions over Germany, Nazi occupied Europe
and Africa. His squadron helped chase Rommel from Africa, assisted in the landings on Sicily and the Italian mainland. He
was a part of the first American bombing of Rome, and was on the all important Ploetsi oil field raid in Romania. He holds
the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. Ben is 29, the son
of a Nebraska farmer. The family lives at Hershey, Nebraska, where Ben formerly helped his father on the farm.
Photographer: Parker, Tom
Denver, Colorado. 1/3/44
Four evacuee boys and one girl are employed in the cafeteria at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of the
boys, John Takekawa, is pictured above, and the others are Paul Kaseguma, Sam Shoji, and Seichi Yasutaka. The latter's sister,
May, works in the cafeteria as cashier. They are all from the Minidoka center, and before evacuation lived in Seattle. The
boys make $77 a month, plus two meals a day, plus free tuition for six hours of college courses. They have rooms at a fraternity
house near the campus, and all are looking forward to enrolling at the University this fall. More than 600 soldiers are taking
special courses at the University during the summer session.
Cincinnati, Ohio. 6/?/43
After living in crude barracks for many months, these relocated Japanese-American find real pleasure in having a home of their
own again. Three families share this big house in one of the residential districts in Cincinnati, Ohio. Seated, left to right,
are Mrs. Charles Hisatomi, son Nicky, Mrs. Henry Watanabe, and Mr. Hisatomi. Standing is Mr. Watanabe with his daughter, Barbara.
Both families are from the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Mr. and Mrs. Hisatomi arrived in Cincinnati late in June and
were staying at the house until they could find other accommodations. The two families not shown on the picture, but who live
with the Wantanabes, are Dr. and Mrs. George Abe who have lived in Cincinnati for the past five years, and Mr. and Mrs. Sho
Iino of Los Angeles, who came out prior to evacuation.
Cincinnati, Ohio. 6/?/43
Sam Tamura trims a hedge on the eight-acre estate of his employer in the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, while his nine-year-old
son, Eddie, looks on. Sam takes care of the grounds and garden, and Mrs. Tamura works in the house. The Tamuras came to the
United States in 1916, operated a vineyard near Sacramento before evacuation, and were one of the first Issei families to
leave the Jerome, Arkansas, Relocation Center for outside jobs. Two other sons joined them in Cincinnati in June with the
intention of finding jobs as automobile mechanics.
Cincinnati, Ohio. 6/?/43
One of the leading newspaper columnists in Cincinnati, Ohio, Alfred Segal, leads a discussion group of relocated Japanese-Americans
at the American Friends' hostel in Cincinnati. Segal, who writes under the pen-name of Cincinnatus, has done much to promote
the friendly reception which evacuees are getting in the Cincinnati area. He is shown seated in the rocking chair, and immediately
behind him to the right are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brinton, co-managers of the hostel. The hostel has been in operation since
April and offers temporary living accommodations at low cost until evacuees and their families find more permanent quarters.
Cincinnati, Ohio. 6/?/43
Miss May Yasutake, formerly of the Minidoka Relocation Center, left early in June this year to accept a job as cashier at
the cafeteria of the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her brother, Seichi, and three other boys from the Minidoka
Center also work as helpers in the cafeteria. May's roommate is a Caucasian girl who is teaching at the University during
the summer. May, herself, taught in one of the nursery schools at the Minidoka Center, and also worked as a nurse's aide in
the hospital there. Her father was an interpreter for the U.S. Immigration Service before evacuation.
Cincinnati, Ohio. 6/?/43
The Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church at Cincinnati, Ohio, welcomes the children of relocated Japanese-Americans at the daily
vacation Bible school held in the church during the summer. In the group pictured above are Tomi Takao, Lynn Matsumoto, and
the five children of Captain and Mrs. Walter Tsukamoto, Dian, David, Doris, Dick and Donald. Mrs. Tsukamoto (standing in back,
second from the left) is staying in Cincinnati with the children, while her husband is stationed as an instructor in the Army
language school at Camp Savage, Minnesota.
Cincinnati, Ohio. 6/?/43
Democracy at Work. Abe Hagiwara, a relocatee from the Minidoka Relocation Center and a former resident of Alaska prior to
our entrance into the war, is now employed at the Y.M.C.A. in Cleveland as a boys' work secretary. Hagiwara's mother is still
in the Minidoka Center and his wife works as a typist in the County library in Cleveland. He is shown here surrounded by admiring
Cleveland youngsters representing nine nationalities.
Photographer: Mace, Charles E.
Cleveland, Ohio. 8/19/43
The camera man caught Mr. and Mrs. Harry Iwagaki in a happy mood at their San Jose home, 514 Boynton Avenue, San Jose, and
well they might be. For the day after their son, Sgt. Kenneth Iwagaki, arrived home on one of those furloughs which means
he is about to go overseas. Their son-in-law, Captain James Higushi, dropped in on them for a thirty day furlough enroute
from Berlin to Tokyo. Captain James is a medical officer attached to a Caucasian outfit now being deployed to the Pacific.
He was in Europe for more than two years and went through the entire European campaign. Mrs. Amy Higushi, wife of the Captain,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Iwagaki. A second son of the Iwagakis, Sgt. Duncan Iwagaki, recently embarked from the east
coast for the European theater. The Iwagakis evacuated to Heart Mountain and they relocated temporarily at Brighton, Colorado.
They returned to their prune orchard here in January of this year, one of the pioneer families of relocation. Mrs. Higushi
is residing with her parents while her husband is with the armed forces.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
San Jose, California. 7/11/45
A foreman for the Roscoe Zukerman farm at Camp #21, Mandeville Island, Stockton, California, is George Hisaka, shown here
with a handful of prospective Grade A Delta potatoes. George returned from the Rohwer Relocation Center early in April with
his wife, Margie, his son, Mervyn, and two daughters, Jean and Judith.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Stockton, California. 6/30/45
Miss Mildred Sasaki, formerly of Tule Lake Relocation Center, is shown at her work in the Day Care Nursery and School. This
school is located in an old store building to which working mothers bring their children for day care and to which boys and
girls of elementary school grades come for instruction. This is an effort to aid in the prevention of delinquency. Miss Sasaki
is a specialist in the nursery and kindergarten work and her work is much appreciated here. She is shown telling stories and
doing finger work with a few of the smaller children who had become uneasy since it is time for their mothers to come and
get them. Miss Sasaki's acceptance by the Board of Education and her special abilities have helped interpret the high standards
of Japanese Americans to Cincinnati.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Cincinnati, Ohio. 9/13/44
Mr. Hiromu Komori (middle), formerly of Pasadena and Gila River Center, and Mr. Hitoshi Fukui, formerly of Los Angeles and
Heart Mountain, are shown here operating a Logan lathe in company with a fellow employee, Leonard Peer, at the Aetna Manufacturing
Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Komori is a veteran of World War I, was employed in California as a gardener, and until his
present job has never done machine shop work. According to his employer, he is already one of the outstanding workers in the
plant. Mr. Fukui owned a funeral parlor in California, from 1919 to 1942, and has never done machine shop work prior to his
present job. I am very happy in my job and have gained considerable weight since I began work, said Mr. Fukui. His employer
states Mr. Fukui is catching on rapidly and is a man who attends to business. The Aetna Manufacturing Company is one of Cleveland's
smaller war plants. Mr. Fukui is also a veteran of World War I.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Cleveland, Ohio. 9/?/44
Mrs. Toshie Kadowaki (left), formerly of Los Angeles, California, and Colorado River, and Mrs. Lillian Matsumura (right),
formerly of Los Angeles, California, and Gila River, are shown here, together with Miss Ruth Pesuit, receptionist, and Mr.
Sol Fisher, owner of the Fisher Beauty Shoppe. Mr. Fisher is highly pleased with the two girls. It is amazing to me, he says;
we have operators who have been here a number of years and yet a great many of our customers refuse to have anyone work on
their heads but Mrs. Matsumura and Mrs. Kadowaki. They are really excellent operators.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Cleveland, Ohio. 9/?/44
Dillon Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, looking over the Heart Mountain Sentinel with several evacuees from
Heart Mountain who are now working in Civil Service jobs in Washington, D.C. Eiko Narita (left) has been working for the government
since November 1943 as a stenographer with the Office of Price Administration. She is living with a Caucasian family who,
she claims, treat her like one of the family. She is working very hard on her job but still has time to meet a lot of people
and have a good time. Joan Ishiyama has been working for WRA since March 1943. She has an apartment with another WRA employee.
Joan spends two nights a week doing Red Cross work. Her brother is working in New York City and has recently rented a house
in the suburbs where he hopes his parents will join him and his wife. John Kitasaka (right) is in the Japanese Editorial section
of the Federal Communications Commission. When John first came to Washington in February, he lived in a rooming house, but
since then he and a friend of his have found an apartment.
Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen
"Washington, D.C.", . 9/?/44
Mr. Bill Hosokawa and family are shown on the lawn before the home which they purchased last August. With him are his wife,
Alice, and baby, Susan. Mrs. Tora Miyake, mother of Mrs. Hosokawa, lives with them as does their young son, Michael, aged
4, who was not present for this picture. Mr. Hosokawa is well-known throughout the country for his editorial writings and
is employed on the editorial copy desk of the Des Moines Register and Tribune. He is also the founder of the Heart Mountain
Sentinel of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming, and prior to the outbreak of the war was headed for a brilliant
career in the Far East.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 9/?/44
Miss Ruth Yakel, Mrs. Yukino Kawamura and Mrs. Cora Gilbert are shown at their work in the Nutrition Department of the Iowa
Methodist Hospital preparing dessert for patients. Miss Yakel is the therapeutical dietitian and Mrs. Gilbert is the cafeteria's
assistant. Mrs. Kawamura has been in this department of the hospital for a little over a month. She relocated to Des Moines
from Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona, and is living at 726 West 15th Street in Des Moines with her son, George,
who is attending West High School.
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru
Des Moines, Iowa. 9/?/44
Series 14: Preevacuation
Mr. and Mrs. K. Iseri have closed their drugstore in preparation for the forthcoming evacuation from Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
Los Angeles, California. 4/11/42
Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry has been brought to the park in the center of town ready to be trucked
to the Salinas Assembly Center, where evacuees from this district will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center
to spend the duration.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
Salinas, California. 3/31/42
Quarters of evacuees of Japanese descent at Assembly Center before the streets were graded. These evacuees will be transferred
later to a War Relocation Authority center.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
Salinas, California. 3/31/42
Members of two evacuee families of Japanese descent meet at this Assembly Center located on the Salinas Rodeo Grounds. These
people will be transferred later to a War Relocation Authority center.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
Salinas, California. 3/31/42
Evacuees of Japanese ancestry boarding a bus which will take them to the Santa Anita Assembly Center. They will later be transferred
to a War Relocation Authority Center to spend the duration.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
Salinas, California. 3/31/42
Evacuees of Japanese ancestry boarding a bus which will take them to the Santa Anita Assembly Center. They will later be transferred
to a War Relocation Authority Center to spend the duration.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
Salinas, California. 3/31/42
Baggage is being assembled to be taken by truck to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this area will await transfer
to a War Relocation Authority center for the duration.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
Salinas, California. 3/31/42
Residents of Japanese ancestry register in preparation for the forthcoming evacuation.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
San Francisco, California. 4/27/42
Residents of Japanese ancestry registering prior to evacuation. Evacuees are housed temporarily at assembly points and later
transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
San Francisco, California. 4/27/42
Residents of Japanese ancestry are being registered prior to their evacuation to assembly centers from where they will later
be transferred to War Relocation Authority centers to spend the duration.
San Francisco, California. 4/27/42
Residents of Japanese ancestry are being registered prior to their evacuation to assembly centers from where they will later
be transferred to War Relocation Authority centers to spend the duration.
San Francisco, California. 4/27/42
Evidences of the forthcoming evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
San Francisco, California. 3/29/42
Following evacuation orders, this store, at 13th and Franklin Streets, was closed. The owner, a University of California graduate
of Japanese descent, placed the I AM AN AMERICAN sign on the store front on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. Evacuees
of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Oakland, California. 3/13/42
Headlines of newspapers, in stand at 14th and Broadway, presaged on February 27, 1942, the evacuation of persons of Japanese
ancestry from military areas. On February 19, President Roosevelt delegated to the Secretary of War power to exclude any person,
alien, or citizen, from any area which might be required, on the grounds of military necessity. Evacuees of Japanese descent
will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Oakland, California. 2/27/42
Interior view of Japanese American Citizens League headquarters. A Japanese language school was conducted in this building.
Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 4/7/42
As Bataan fell, as recorded in these newspapers of April 9, 1942, evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry already was
under way in California. This newsstand was pictured at a corner drugstore in a neighborhood in which such residents lived.
Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Hayward, California. 4/9/42
Saturday afternoon shoppers reading order directing evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. This store on Grant Avenue
in Chinatown was vacated by an art dealer of Japanese descent. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers
for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/17/42
Entrance to a restaurant vacated by a proprietor of Japanese descent prior to evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will
be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/13/42
As evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry progressed in April 1942, this sign (above), advertising a swimming pool,
was posted in many San Francisco districts. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/13/42
Farm house in rural section where farmers of Japanese ancestry raised truck garden crops. Evacuees from this and other military
areas will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
Japanese farm. These people are farm owners. The family are preparing to evacuate and expect the order at any time. They have
attended their crop up to the time when the Caucasian tenants move in. Some of their furniture is seen stacked along side
of house. Note the clean condition of these fields.
Centerville, California. 4/18/42
Transplanting tomato plants in a section where, before evacuation, ranches were operated by farmers of Japanese ancestry.
Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 3/27/42
Greenhouse on nursery operated, before evacuation, by horticultural experts of Japanese ancestry. Many of the Nisei (born
in this country) attended leading agricultural colleges such as that at Cornell. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation
Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Leandro, California. 4/5/42
Harvesting cauliflower on a ranch near Centerville on April 9, 1942, while evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry was
in progress. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 4/9/42
Evacuees of Japanese ancestry waiting for the train which will take them to an assembly center from where they later will
be transferred to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
San Pedro, California. 4/5/42
Packing cauliflower on a ranch near Centerville, Calif., on April 9, 1942, while evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry
was in progress. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 4/9/42
As a safeguard for health, evacuees of Japanese descent were inoculated as they registered for evacuation at 2031 Bush Street.
Nurses and doctors, also of Japanese ancestry, administered inoculations. Evacuees were later transferred to War Relocation
Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
As a safeguard for health, evacuees of Japanese descent were inoculated as they registered for evacuation at 2031 Bush Street.
Nurses and doctors, also of Japanese ancestry, administered inoculations. Children were given special attention. Evacuees
were later transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
As a safeguard for health, evacuees of Japanese descent were inoculated as they registered for evacuation at 2031 Bush Street.
Nurses and doctors, also of Japanese ancestry, administered inoculations. Children were given special attention. Evacuees
were later transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
As a safeguard for health, evacuees of Japanese descent were inoculated as they registered for evacuation at 2031 Bush Street.
Nurses and doctors, also of Japanese ancestry, administered inoculations. Evacuees were later transferred to War Relocation
Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
As a safeguard for health, evacuees of Japanese descent were inoculated as they registered for evacuation at 2031 Bush Street.
Nurses and doctors, also of Japanese ancestry, administered inoculations. Children were given special attention. Evacuees
were later transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
Scene in orchard of a 20-acre farm in Santa Clara County before the operators were evacuated to assembly centers. Evacuees
of Japanese ancestry are being transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
Scene in orchard of a 20-acre farm in Santa Clara County before the operators were evacuated to assembly centers. Evacuees
of Japanese ancestry are being transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
In a final harvest prior to evacuation, mother and daughter wash white radishes on a 20-acre farm in Santa Clara County, California.
Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
In a final harvest prior to evacuation, mother and daughter wash white radishes on a 20-acre farm in Santa Clara County, California.
Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
Icing cauliflower in refrigerator car for shipment to eastern markets, prior to evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry
from this farming section. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 4/9/42
Families of two Shinto priests who were interned on December 8, 1941, immediately upon declaration of war. The mother, at
right, has nine American-born children and has been in the United States ten years. The mother on the left has been in this
country 6 years, and neither speaks English. These evacuees and others will be leaving for the assembly center within a few
days, and later transferred to WRA centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
Japanese mother, wife of interned Shinto priest, with youngest of her nine children who are American born. She has been in
the United States ten years and does not speak English. Within a few days residents of Japanese ancestry will be evacuated
to assembly centers and later transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
Two friends play final game while awaiting evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese descent are being housed in War Relocation Authority
centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
Two friends play final game while awaiting evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese descent are being housed in War Relocation Authority
centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
Packing crates of cauliflower in refrigerator car for shipment to eastern markets, prior to evacuation of persons of Japanese
ancestry from this rural area. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 4/9/42
Henry T. Futamachi (left), superintendent of a 1300-acre mechanized ranch, discusses agricultural problems with the ranch
owner, John B. MacKinlay. Before evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry, Futamachi, 45, was paid $4,000 a year and bonuses.
He came to this country 28 years ago with his father. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the
duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Stockton, California. 4/10/42
On this 1300-acre farm which, before evacuation, was worked and managed by persons of Japanese ancestry, tractors and other
mechanized equipment were used intensively. Evacuees from rural and other sections in military areas will be housed in War
Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Stockton, California. 4/10/42
So-called stoop laborers are shown weeding a celery field. Many persons of Japanese ancestry worked at this type of field
labor before they were evacuated from military areas. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the
duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Stockton, California. 4/10/42
So-called stoop laborer is shown weeding a celery field. Many persons of Japanese ancestry worked at this type of field labor
before they were evacuated from military areas. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Stockton, California. 4/10/42
Husbands of these two women are being held as dangerous enemy aliens. Wives and children were evacuated with other persons
of Japanese ancestry, and will spend the duration at War Relocation Authority centers.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
Cutting potato seed on an industrialized farm where, before evacuation, all work was done by persons of Japanese ancestry.
Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Stockton, California. 4/10/42
Cutting potato seed on an industrialized farm where, before evacuation, all work was done by persons of Japanese ancestry.
Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Stockton, California. 4/10/42
Prior to evacuation, members of the Shibuya family seeding a field on ranch which they own. Evacuees will be housed in War
Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California.
Members of the Shibuya family are pictured at their home before evacuation. The father and the mother were born in Japan and
came to this country in 1904. At that time the father had $60 in cash and a basket of clothes. He later built a prosperous
business of raising select varieties of chrysanthemums, which he shipped to eastern markets under his own trade name. Six
children in the family were born in the United States. The four older children attended leading California universities. Evacuees
of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
Mrs. Dave Tatsuno prepares a final meal at 2625 Buchanan Street, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. She
and her husband, a University of California graduate, both were born in this country. Evacuees of Japanese descent will be
housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/13/42
Dave Tatsuno re-reads notes he compiled while he was a student at the University of California, where he was graduated in
1936. Tatsuno, with his two-year-old son at his side, is packing his possessions at 2625 Buchanan Street, prior to evacuation
of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/13/42
Mr. Tatsuno pictured in his San Francisco dry goods store prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. He was in
the goods business for 40 years in San Francisco. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/4/42
Shortly before evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from the Post and Buchanan Streets neighborhood, San Francisco.
This dry goods store is closing out its merchandise. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/4/42
Customers buy merchandise in a store operated by a proprietor of Japanese ancestry, during a pre-evacuation sale. Evacuees
will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/4/42
With the owner scheduled to be evacuated, a store front is boarded on Post Street, San Francisco. Evacuees will be housed
in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/7/42
View of business district on Post Street in a neighborhood occupied by residents of Japanese ancestry, before evacuation.
Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/7/42
This restaurant, named Nisei after second-generation children born in this country to Japanese immigrants, was closed prior
to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry; and, according to sign in the window, was scheduled to re-open under new
management. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/7/42
While American troops were going in action on far-flung fronts, residents of Japanese ancestry were being evacuated from this
neighborhood on Post Street. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/7/42
The moving van backs up to the curb to load possessions of residents of Japanese ancestry who are being evacuated from this
flat building on Post Street. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/7/42
Members of the Japanese Independent Congregational Church attend Easter services prior to evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese
ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Oakland, California. 4/5/42
Lunch hour at the Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets, in the so-called international section. Many children
of Japanese ancestry were evacuated with their parents from this neighborhood. Educational facilities will be established
at War Relocation Authority centers where evacuees will spend the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/17/42
Pals at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Yuichi Sumi (left), of Japanese ancestry, and Tommy Wong,
of Chinese descent, on one of the last days before evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation
Authority centers for duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
Many evacuated children attended Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. One of the pupils was Rachel Karumi
(above). Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
Many evacuated children attended Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Above is a lunch hour scene prior
to evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/16/42
Flag of allegiance pledge at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Children in families of Japanese ancestry
were evacuated with their parents and will be housed for the duration in War Relocation Authority centers where facilities
will be provided for them to continue their education.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
A business man of Japanese descent confers with a representative of the Federal Reserve Bank at Wartime Civil Control Administration
station to arrange disposition of his financial affairs prior to evacuation. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority
centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/4/42
Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are being vaccinated by fellow evacuees upon arrival at the assembly centers.
Photographer: Albers, Clem
Arcadia, California. 4/?/42
Father and son register for evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority
centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/4/42
Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at Wartime Civil Control Administration
stations. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/4/42
Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at Wartime Civil Control Administration
stations. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/4/42
Early comers arrive with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry,
first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for
the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
An early comer arrives with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese
ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers
for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
Early comers arrive with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry,
first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for
the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
An early comer arrives with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese
ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers
for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
An early comer arrives with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese
ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers
for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
Early comers arrive with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry,
first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for
the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
An early comer arrives with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese
ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers
for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
View of Wartime Civil Control Administration station at 2020 Van Ness Avenue on April 6, 1942, when first group, of 664 persons
of Japanese ancestry, was evacuated from San Francisco. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the
duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
With baggage stacked, young residents of Japanese ancestry await bus at Wartime Civil Control Administration station, 2020
Van Ness Avenue, as part of first group of 664 to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed
in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
The family unit is kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. Above is a view at Wartime
Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, on April 6, 1942, when first group of 664 was evacuated from San
Francisco. The family unit likewise is preserved at War Relocation Authority centers where evacuees will spend the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
The family unit is kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. Above is a view at Wartime
Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, on April 6, 1942, when first group of 664 was evacuated from San
Francisco. The family unit likewise is preserved at War Relocation Authority centers where evacuees will spend the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
Just about to step into the bus for the Assembly Center.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
The family unit is kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. Above is a view at Wartime
Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, on April 6, 1942, when first group of 664 was evacuated from San
Francisco. The family unit likewise is preserved at War Relocation Authority centers where evacuees will spend the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/6/42
In response to the Army's Exclusion Order No. 20, residents of Japanese ancestry appear at Civil Control Station at 2031 Bush
Street for registration. The evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
In response to the Army's Exclusion Order No. 20, residents of Japanese ancestry appear at Civil Control Station at 2031 Bush
Street, for registration. The evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
In response to the Army's Exclusion Order No. 20, residents of Japanese ancestry appear at Civil Control Station at 2031 Bush
Street, for registration. The evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
In response to the Army's Exclusion Order No. 20, residents of Japanese ancestry appear at Civil Control Station at 2031 Bush
Street, for registration. The evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
In response to the Army's Exclusion Order No. 20, residents of Japanese ancestry appear at Civil Control Station at 2031 Bush
Street, for registration. The evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
A pre-evacuation barbecue on Mitarai farm in Santa Clara County, California. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority
centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/26/42
A pre-evacuation barbecue on a farm in Santa Clara County, California. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority
centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/26/42
Young farmer, graduate of College of Agriculture, University of California, class of 1941. After graduation he leased 200
acres for truck gardening. He will soon be on his way to an assembly center with other residents of Japanese ancestry. Later
they will be transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Niles, California. 4/18/42
Farewell letter posted in show window of T. Z. Shiota, importer in San Francisco's Chinatown, prior to evacuation of residents
of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/?/42
Letter of appreciation posted in show window of Pacific Dry Goods Company, 434-440 Grant Avenue, in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Evacuees of Japanese descent will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/?/42
Stenographer for Japanese American Citizens League of Mr. Eden township. Helps the farmers of the vicinity to close out their
affairs before evacuation.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 4/9/42
Evacuees of Japanese descent among a contingent of 664, first to be removed from San Francisco, awaiting buses at 2020 Van
Ness Avenue to transport them to Santa Anita Park assembly center at Arcadia, California. Evacuees are transported later to
War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/16/42
A young evacuee arrives at 2020 Van Ness Avenue, meeting place of first contingent to be removed from San Francisco to Santa
Anita Park assembly center at Arcadia, California. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers
for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/16/42
Japanese berry farm, transferred to a Yugoslavian who came to the United States in 1933. The berry crop on this farm last
year was worth about $5,000. It was left in perfect condition.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 4/18/42
Yugoslavian farmer is taking over berry farm formerly operated by residents of Japanese ancestry, who are being sent to assembly
points and later to be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Centerville, California. 4/18/42
Japanese family heads and persons living alone form a line outside Civil Control station located in the Japanese American
Citizens League Auditorium at 2031 Bush Street, to appear for processing in response to Civilian Exclusion Order No. 20.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
Japanese family heads and persons living alone form a line outside Civil Control station located in the Japanese American
Citizens League Auditorium at 2031 Bush Street, to appear for processing in response to Civilian Exclusion Order No. 20.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
Japanese family heads and persons living alone form a line outside Civil Control station located in the Japanese American
Citizens League Auditorium at 2031 Bush Street, to appear for processing in response to Civilian Exclusion Order No. 20.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/25/42
Grandmother and youngest of 13 grandchildren photographed during a pre-evacuation barbecue on a ranch in Santa Clara County,
California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/26/42
Grandfather of 64 who came to the United States from Japan at the age of 19. He now lives with his daughter and son-in-law,
Henry Mitarai, a prosperous farm operator, but will soon be evacuated to an assembly point and later transferred to a War
Relocation center for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/26/42
Grandfather of 64 who came to the United States from Japan at the age of 19. He now lives with his daughter and son-in-law,
Henry Mitarai, a prosperous farm operator, but will soon be evacuated to an assembly point and later transferred to a War
Relocation center for the duration. He advised his daughter that now is the time to prove their loyalty to this country.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/26/42
Grandfather of 64 who came to the United States from Japan at the age of 19. He now lives with his daughter and son-in-law,
a prosperous farm operator, but will soon be evacuated to an assembly point and later transferred to a War Relocation center
for the duration. He advised his daughter that now is the time to prove their loyalty to this country.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/26/42
Grandfather of 64 who came to the United States from Japan at the age of 19. He now lives with his daughter and son-in-law,
a prosperous farm operator, but will soon be evacuated to an assembly point and later transferred to a War Relocation center
for the duration. He advised his daughter that now is the time to prove their loyalty to this country.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/26/42
Mrs. Shibuya of the successfully established family who came to this country in 1904 with her husband who had $60.00 in cash
and a basket of clothes. Later they built a prosperous business of raising select varieties of chrysanthemums for Eastern
markets. Four of her six American-born children attended leading California universities. Residents of Japanese ancestry are
now spending the duration at War Relocation Authority centers.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
Oldest son of the Shibuya family, a graduate in plant pathology of the College of Agriculture, University of California, in
1939. His father and mother were born in Japan and came to this country in 1904, with only $60 and a basket of clothes. He
later built a prosperous business of raising select varieties of chrysanthemums, which he shipped to eastern markets under
his own trade name.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
Oldest son of the Shibuya family, a graduate in plant pathology of the College of Agriculture, University of California in
1939. His parents were born in Japan, having come to this country in 1904, with only $60 and a basket of clothes. Later they
built a prosperous chrysanthemum business and shipped select varieties to Eastern markets under their own trade name.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
The Shibuya family on the lawn in front of their beautiful home before evacuation to War Relocation Authority centers. There
residents of Japanese ancestry are spending the duration. Mr. and Mrs. Shibuya came to this country in with only $60 and a
basket of clothes. Later they established a prosperous business of raising select varieties of chrysanthemums for Eastern
markets. Four of their six American-born children attended leading California universities.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mountain View, California. 4/18/42
Arranging flowers for altar on last day of services at Japanese Independent Congregational Church, prior to evacuation. Evacuees
of Japanese ancestry will be housed in the War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Oakland, California. 4/26/42
Arranging flowers for altar on last day of services at Japanese Independent Congregational Church, prior to evacuation. Evacuees
of Japanese ancestry will be housed in the War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Oakland, California. 4/26/42
Bunching young tomato plants on an Alameda County farm for one of the last shipments to market prior to evacuation. Evacuees
of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Leandro, California. 4/26/42
Bunching young tomato plants on an Alameda County farm for one of the last shipments to market prior to evacuation. Evacuees
of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Leandro, California. 4/26/42
Family labor transplanting young tomato plants under canvas about ten days prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry
to Assembly Centers.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Leandro, California. 4/26/42
Watering young tomato plants on a farm in Alameda County, California, prior to evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will
be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Leandro, California. 4/26/42
Homes of residents of Japanese ancestry on Bush Street. Occupants were evacuated and will be housed in War Relocation Authority
centers for the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/13/42
Many children of Japanese ancestry attended Raphael Weill public school, Geary and Buchanan Streets, prior to evacuation.
This scene shows first-graders during flag pledge ceremony. Evacuees will be housed for the duration in War Relocation Authority
centers. Provision will be effected for continuance of education.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
San Francisco, California. 4/20/42
Laborer of Japanese ancestry who within a few days will be on his way to the assembly center for later transfer to War Relocation
Authority center to spend the duration.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea
Mission San Jose, California. 4/26/42
