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Title
Mr. Toshichi Mitoma, his son, Edwin, and Mrs. Mitoma are shown here in the midst of a Victory garden (lima
Date Created and/or Issued
1944-09
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library;;University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, Phone: (510) 642-6481, Fax: (510) 642-7589, Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu;;, URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
Rights Information
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Description
Full title:Mr. Toshichi Mitoma, his son, Edwin, and Mrs. Mitoma are shown here in the midst of a Victory garden (lima beans, green pepper, and celery) which Mr. Mitoma has raised at the home of Thomas Dougherty, Cleveland, Ohio. The family of three resettled in Cleveland from Topaz Relocation Center and has been living at the Dougherty home since June of 1943. Mr. Mitoma is the family gardener, Mrs. Mitoma the housekeeper and Edwin is attending an engineering college in Cleveland. Mr. Mitoma formerly had his gardening business in Oakland, California. After the war he is planning to re-open his gardening business here in Cleveland. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Cleveland, Ohio.
Type
image
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0v19n6sf
WRA no. I-599
Subject
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs

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