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Japanese American History: Photos

Four Japanese Girls at Grave

Four Japanese Girls at Grave

Title: Four Japanese girls at grave Date: 1960 ca. Collection: People & Portraits Object ID: 2002.010.052, Owning Institution: History Center of San Luis Obispo County Link: https://historycenterslo.pastperfectonline.com/photo/C1677B24-5173-49A9-9AA6-327397834510.

Kofuji Eto Fukunaga

Kofuji Eto Fukunaga

with her nephew Michael Shibata, son of her youngest daughter, Grace Shibata. Title: Kofuji Eto Fukunaga and Michael Shibata Date: 11/1960 Collection: People & Portraits Object ID: 2018.015.170 Owning Institution: History Center of San Luis Obispo County Link: https://historycenterslo.pastperfectonline.com/photo/9DC0EA6D-C156-42FA-9E7E-115135553446

Bedding Plants

Bedding Plants

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Deep Plowing

Deep Plowing

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Seeder

Seeder

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Plowing

Plowing

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Diking

Diking

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Hand Cleaning Seeds

Hand Cleaning Seeds

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Winnowing Seeds

Winnowing Seeds

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Hand Threshing Seeds

Hand Threshing Seeds

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Hand Threshing Seeds

Hand Threshing Seeds

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Crushing Plants

Crushing Plants

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Dragging Tarps Full of Sweet Peas

Dragging Tarps Full of Sweet Peas

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Sweet Peas Ready for Tarps

Sweet Peas Ready for Tarps

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Harvesting with Hand Sickle

Harvesting with Hand Sickle

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Rouging

Rouging

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Spraying

Spraying

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Spraying

Spraying

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Japanese Field Workers

Japanese Field Workers

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Japanese Field Workers

Japanese Field Workers

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Japanese Field Workers

Japanese Field Workers

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Planting

Planting

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Hand Seeders

Hand Seeders

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Irrigating

Irrigating

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Laying Irrigation Pipes

Laying Irrigation Pipes

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Crushing Plants on Tarp

Crushing Plants on Tarp

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Matched Team Cultivating

Matched Team Cultivating

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Cultivating

Cultivating

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Horse Team Wagon

Horse Team Wagon

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Threshing Sweet Peas

Threshing Sweet Peas

(Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives)

Nagano Family

Nagano Family

Photo Courtesy of History Center of San Luis Obispo County

Arroyo Grande Farmworker Sadami Fujita

Arroyo Grande Farmworker Sadami Fujita

Arroyo Grande farmworker Sadami Fujita (left), 442nd Regimental Combat Team, was killed by intense German small-arms fire in the Vosges Mountains in October 1944. 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Education Program, from the Collection of Masami Hamakado

Tanaka Family

Tanaka Family

Title: Tanaka Family at Guadalupe Buddhist Church Date: October 15, 1933 Collection: Dawn Kamiya Collection Contributor: Dawn Kamiya Source: Re/Collecting Project Link: http://reco.calpoly.edu/items/show/2300

Guadalupe Grammar School

Guadalupe Grammar School

Title: Guadalupe Grammar School Date: c.1920s Collection: Dawn Kamiya Collection Owner: Dawn Kamiya Source: Re/Collecting Project Link: http://reco.calpoly.edu/items/show/2323

Gila River Detention Camp

Gila River Detention Camp

National Archives

Minami Family

Minami Family

Image Source: https://santamariatimes.com/lifestyles/columnist/shirley_contreras/shirley-contreras-yaemon-minami-persevered-as-the-lettuce-king/article_9c7b6182-8e4f-5e27-b736-d1237017f881.html

Japantown

Japantown

Image Source: http://japantownatlas.com/map-sanluis.html

Japanese Picture Brides

Japanese Picture Brides

National Archives

Dohi Family

Dohi Family

Photo courtesy of the Pismo-Oceano Vegetable Exchange

Tameji and Take Eto

Tameji and Take Eto

Photo Courtesy of History Center of San Luis Obispo County

Mr. and Mrs. Eto, After Becoming U.S. Citizens

Mr. and Mrs. Eto, After Becoming U.S. Citizens

Title: After becoming citizens of the United States. L-R: Mr. Tameji Eto, Mrs. Take Eto, Mrs. Toyo Hayashi Date: undated : circa 1940s Collection: Asian/Pacific - Americans on the Central Coast Owning Institution: Black Gold Cooperative Library System Source: Calisphere Permalink: https://calisphere.org/item/928b20724946cf11e98bd0f714d4d692/

Tameji Eto

Tameji Eto

Photo Courtesy of History Center of San Luis Obispo County

Take Eto

Take Eto

Mrs. Eto learned ikebana (flower arranging) after her husband's death. Title: Mrs. Take Eto Date: undated: mid-20th century Collection: Asian/Pacific - Americans on the Central Coast Owning Institution: Black Gold Cooperative Library System Source: Calisphere Permalink: https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/c83t9g0x/

Japanese School

Japanese School

Title: Japanese School of San Luis Obispo located near Los Osos Rd : 1928 Date: 1928 Collection: Asian/Pacific - Americans on the Central Coast Owning Institution: Black Gold Cooperative Library System Source: Calisphere Permalink: https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/c8513x15/

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