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Title
Yetsuko Sakai
Date Created and/or Issued
1957-09-19
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
An identification photo of Yetsuko Sakai. The caption reads: Sep 19, 1957, come to USA 33-year old. This photograph is found on page 16 of "Yetsuko Kiyomi photo album" (csudh_yet_0001).
Contains a family photo album compiled by Yetsuko Kiyomi, who is a Kibei Nisei born to Japanese immigrant parents, Misaburo and Sayo Sakai, and raised in the Japanese farming community in the town of Holland, Clarksburg, Yolo County, California. She returned to Kumamoto, Japan where she was educated and resided from pre-war through post-war, and sailed back to the U.S. and married to Genjiro Kiyomi in 1957. The included photographs depict her life in two countries, the U.S. and Japan. Additional materials in the collection include: a group photograph of her 6th grade Mifune Elementary School, her mother's side family trees, and her husband's biographical information.
Type
image
Format
Photographs; Albums
black and white
image/jpeg
Identifier
yet_01_16_002
csudh_yet_0061
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/12928
Subject
Japan--United States civilians
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Kibei
Identity and values--Women
Immigration and citizenship
Place
Japan
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Yetsuko Kiyomi Photo Album

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