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Title
Yasuno (Yasuko) Ikuma standing on top of a house in Japanese Alley
Date Created and/or Issued
Late 1920s-early 1930s
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 Yasuno Ikuma (nee Ikuta) standing on a roof in Japanese Alley, Sacramento. Signs for Hiroshima-ya, Tofu are in background.
Kameji Ikuma was born in Japan on October 17, 1887. He returned to Japan to marry Yasuno (later known as Yasuko) Ikuta, who was born on June 20, 1902. They had one child: Kazumi (later known as April), who was born on April 9, 1932. In the 1920s, Kameji established Tozai Dry Goods Store on 1214 Fourth Street in Sacramento. The Ikuma family was forced to evacuate to Walerga Assembly Center, Tule Lake, and Topaz. Upon resettlement in Sacramento, Kameji worked as a farm laborer and saved enough money to open Kay's Pool Hall in August 1947. Yasuno began working at Bercut-Richards and California Packing Corp. packing sheds as well as the Libby, McNeil & Libby cannery.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white, 4.5 x 2.75 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
sac_ikuma_0012
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/58356
Language
English
Subject
Identity and values--Issei
Community activities--Nihonmachi ('Japantowns')
Geographic communities--California--Sacramento
Place
Sacramento, California
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Ikuma and Adachi Families Collection

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