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Title
Hisako and Torakichi Okamoto, Teruko and Ronnie Masumoto, and Kane Masumoto
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-04
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
A photograph of the Okamotos and Masumotos in Japan. It was taken when Ronnie and Teruko Masumoto visited Teruko's parents. The back side reads: 52/4.
The Masumoto and Saito Family Photos documents four generations of the Japanese American family in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. Photographs depict the family’s businesses, trips, weddings, funeral, and others. Included are Jack Masumoto’s trading company in San Francisco, Toraichi Okamoto’s produce store in Glendale, Southern California Sewing School in Little Tokyo, Japanese passenger ships, USS General M.M. Patrick which sailed war brides to the U.S., family outings such as trip to Golden Gate International Exposition and picnics, family gatherings for the wedding of Jack Toshio Robert and Teruko Okamoto in Japan, Traichi’s Western-style house in Japan, the Manzanar incarceration camp during the war, the post-war activities of the Koyasan Boy Scouts of America, and Tokyo during the Allied Occupation of Japan.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white
image/jpeg
Identifier
mas_003_01
csudh_mas_0015
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/57213
Subject
Japan--Post-World War II
Identity and values--Issei
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Sansei
Identity and values--Kibei
Identity and values--Yonsei
Community activities--Travel
Place
Oshima, Japan
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82f7w01/
Masumoto and Saito Family Photos

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