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Description
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are family photographs including Japanese men, women, and children. One photograph captures a birthday party for a Japanese American female child in July 1943. Another photograph captures a group of Japanese American female children taken in summer 1927. Photographs also include the Old Mission Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, and Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California. Japanese in America, circa early 1900s-1960s, boxes 7-12: The collection contains photographs and albums of the Japanese in the United States, mainly Washington, California, Colorado, and Utah. The photographs include family portraits and snapshots capturing their community activities and local events, such as picnic, wedding, funeral, local associations’ activities, etc, mostly taken in the early 1900s. Also includes sets of photographs and albums compiled by the Taenaka family, a Japanese family settled in Los Angeles, California. The Taenaka family photographs depict their lives as Japanese immigrants, Nisei children, and Kibei soldier participating in the war as well as their Japanese family relationship in pre-war and post-war Japan.
Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays Identity and values--Children Identity and values--Men Identity and values--Women Identity and values--Nisei
Place
Santa Barbara, California Los Angeles, California
Source
Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
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