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Title
Bussei Queen
Date Created and/or Issued
1930s-1940s
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
All request 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
Woman in a parade wearing a kimono and being pushed by a uniformed man in a wheeled chair with a sign "Bussei Queen" on the side. From Tsugi Hamada pre-WWII and Gila River incarceration camp photograph album (sac_kubo_0115), page 9.
James J. Kubo (b. 1916) was married to Tsugi Hamada (b. 1918) and opened an optometrist business in Sacramento in 1938. They had two sons, Ronald and Douglas, and a daughter, Beverly. He was incarcerated at Tule Lake Incarceration Camp until he left for Chicago and was drafted into the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Mr. Kubo returned to Sacramento after completing his service at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white, 3 x 4.5 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
sac_kubo_0119
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/57980
Language
English
Subject
Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays
Identity and values--Japanese American identity
Identity and values--Women
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Kubo Family Collection

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