This one page biography includes memories from Masaichi Ishibashi's life as he grew up on a farm on the Portuguese Bend in Rancho Palos Verdes. It also includes details about the Ishibashi's incarceration during World War II. The collection documents the personal life and business records of the Ishibashi family; one of the pioneer Japanese American farming families on the Rancho Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles, California from about 1910 until 2012.
Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles Identity and values--Japanese American identity Identity and values--Family Industry and employment--Agriculture Reflections on the past World War II--Incarceration camps
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CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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