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Title: Clarksburg Japanese Language school (Holland Union Gakuen Japanese School) 10th anniversary commemoration
Creator: J. Kai Photo Studio: photographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1939-10-28
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento, University Library, Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Further information available online: www.lib.csus.edu/scua
Description: Photograph of faculty and staff of Holland Union Gakuen, that is, Clarksburg Japanese Language School in Sacramento, California. It was taken to commemorate its 10th anniversary on October 28, 1935. The Japanese caption reads: ホーランドユニオン学園創立10周年記念. American and Japanese flags flying from a house is seen. On the lower half of the photograph, six people are holding certificates and awards, who are sitting in the front and center of a large group of people. On the back side: J. Kai Photo Studio 3593 East 1st Street, Los Angles, Calif.
Naoki ("Jack") and Tsuyoko (nee Tanoue) Koyasako were farmers who grew asparagus and onions in Clarksburg, California. They had eight children: Suenari ("Sue"), Kazuo ("Jackson), Kiyoko ("Kik"), Yoshio ("Yank"), Sueo ("Goi"), Jimmy, Tsuyako ("Chuck"), and Mitsuo ("Mits). Suenari married Alma Makashima. The Koyasako family was incarcerated at Tule Lake and took photographs with a contraband camera. Suenari was a musician in the "Paradise Melodiers" band that played in the Tule Lake administration building.
Type: image
Format: Photographs
black and white, 8 x 10 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier: sac_koya_0002
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/58377
Language: Japanese
Subject: Education--Japanese language schools
Geographic communities--California--Sacramento
Identity and values--Issei
Identity and values--Nisei
Place: Sacramento, California
Source: California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Koyasako Family Collection

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