Japanese American farmers [lcsh]; Agriculture -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]; Farms -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Irrigation pumps -- History [lcsh];
Farm purchased by Iwao Takahama and his business partner, Zensaku Teranishi (41st Meiji). One third of the acreage was first cultivated. At the center, men are digging an irrigation well. To the right is the transformer for the water pump.
Trophy reads "Consul General Kaname Wakasugi Trophy, High School Oratorical Contest, Sponsored by The Japanese Students Club of The University of California, 1933." The following names are listed on the back: "Florin Epworth League: Mary Tsuruko...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh];
Worn on World War II U.S. military uniform, most likely by a Japanese American member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center -- Pictorial works [lcna]; Painting [lcsh]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh]; Barracks [lcsh];
Charles Mikami was born in Hiroshima, Japan 1901, and began studying sumi-e painting at the age of fourteen. In 1919 he immigrated to Seattle. He and his family were interned first in Tule Lake and later transferred to Topaz. During incarceration,...
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
Medal offering to Buddha. Located in the first drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The altar was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of...
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
Located in the first drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The altar was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of worship), Buddha, Nichiren...
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
Located in the first drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The altar was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of worship), Buddha, Nichiren...
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
Two gold charms inside pouches. Located in the first drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The Butsudan was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object...
Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Koike, Koginu [aacr2];
The inscriptions, "KK", "Koike" and "28013" are painted on trunk and represent the family name and number assigned by the War Relocation Authority (WRA). The Koike family lived in Sacramento prior to World War II. Mr. Fukunosuke Koike arrived in...
Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Pictorial works [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh];
Painted by Charles Mikami on a bleach crate. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1901 and began studying sumi-e painting at the age of fourteen. In 1919 he immigrated to Seattle. He and his family were interned in Tule Lake Relocation Center and...
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Baptist church buildings -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Sacramento (Calif.) -- Buildings,...
Members from the Florin Japanese Methodist Church attended the conference.
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Baptist church buildings -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Sacramento (Calif.) -- Buildings,...
Members of the Florin Japanese Methodist Church attended the conference.
Dedication services -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; High schools -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Florin High School [aacr2];
Description on back of photo reads: "The evacuation of all Japanese people changed this community. Only three of the eight families returned to stay for a while. Soon, only the Kishabas remained. Finally, they too sold their farm and moved to a...
Sepulchral monuments -- California [lcsh]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony [lcna]; Masumizu, Kuni -- Tombs [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- History [aacr2];
Gravestone reads: "In memmory [sic] of Kuni Masumizu // Died Sept. 13. 1915 // Aged 66 years." Kuni Masamizu was a Wakamatsu Colony pioneer. The Wakamatsu party was probably the first organized immigrant-colony arriving in El Dorado county, June...
Sepulchral monuments -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American women -- History [lcsh]; Umetaro, Tsugu -- Tomb [aacr2]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony [lcna];
Second daughter of Wakamatsu Umetaro, colony pioneer. The Wakamatsu party was probably the first organized immigrant-colony arriving in El Dorado county, June 8, 1869. The site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony has been designated a...
Mack, Dorothy [aacr2]; Teachers -- California -- Florin [lcsh];
Dorothy Mack at Mammoth Lake, 1987. Dorothy Love Mack first taught in 1921 at the historic Rhoades School. She was a principal and teacher of Sierra-Enterprise School in Sacramento from 1928-1935. Student enrollment at the school was 90% Nisei. ...
Japanese American Citizens' League [lcna]; Masaoka, Masaru Mike [aacr2]; Lobbyists [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh];
Mike Masaru Masaoka was the first national secretary of JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) and is credited with making the association nationwide in scope. He and the JACL lobbied for and succeeded in the repeal of the Japanese Exclusion Act...
Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Masaki, Takeshi Percy [aacr2];
Percy Takeshi Masaki was born in the Oak Park area of Sacramento in 1910. At a very young age, his family moved to a 5-acre farm in Broderick, Yolo. He married Gladys Imahara in 1932 and they had two sons and a daughter. Percy and his family were...
Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm [aacr2];
Reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
