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Title
[Farmers holding Daikon]
Creator
Stewart, Francis Leroy, 1909-1992: photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-11-25
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department.�http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description
A War Relocation Authority photograph with the description "Evacuee farmers are harvesting Daikon, a large radish like vegetable which is a great delicacy among the Japanese people. It is eaten either raw, cooked or pickled. The seed for this crop was loaned by the Min Omata, unit foreman, from Fresno, California. This center harvested 65 acres of this vegetable, and is the only WRA project growing it in large quantities."
The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white; 5 x 7 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
sjs_fla_0872
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/8890
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs
World War II--Incarceration camps--Food
Industry and employment--Agriculture
Place
Rivers, Arizona
Incarceration Camps--Gila River
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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