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Title
Family photo album
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900-1940
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 copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
Family photo album of a Japanese American family from the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley area. Photos range from the 1900-1940. The photo album features the husband and wife along with their young daughter during the travels to and from Japan and their life on a small family farm. The album contains various photographs of family and extended family, living both in Japan and in the United States. The album contains 146 photographs.
Gerth Archives Japanese American History Collection contains books, pamphlets, flyers, photographs, booklets, correspondence, periodicals, and oversized material related to Japanese Americans. Subjects in the collection include incarceration camps, Southbay local history, World War II propaganda, Japanese American families, incarceration camp pilgrimages, and other topics.
Type
image
Format
Photographs; Albums
96 pages, 7 x 12 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
jahc_12_01
csudh_jahc_0127
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/55472
Subject
Identity and values--Women
Identity and values--Men
Identity and values--Children
Identity and values--Family
Identity and values--Issei
Identity and values--Nisei
Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles
Geographic communities--California--San Fernando Valley
Industry and employment--Agriculture--Farming
Japan--Pre-World War II
Immigration and citizenship--The journey
Place
Kyoto, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Burbank, California
San Fransisco, California
Los Angeles, California
San Fernando Valley, California
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/c8t159pw/
Gerth Archives Japanese American History Collection

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