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Full title:(Left to right) Nell McLean; Chiaki Osumi, Gila River; instructor Ella Woodrow; Paula Rider; Ruth Michiko Kodama, Colorado River; and Akiko Higake, Gila River, in Dressmaking Class at the Frank Wiggins Trade School, Los Angeles. The Frank Wiggins Trade School, a free public school, welcomes Nisei. They aren't Japanese, they are Americans, Miss Woodrow says. We find them very quick to learn, and can get them jobs as soon as they are ready. Students can enter any time. We would like Nisei who were here before the war to come back to brush up. Los Angeles shops pay 75 cents to $1.15 an hour to our graduates. Two Nisei girls who recently were in this dressmaking class are now working in Los Angeles dress shops. Across the street from the Frank Wiggins Trade School is Metropolitan H.S., which trains for office jobs. There certainly is no discrimination here! Photographer: Mace, Charles E. Los Angeles, California.
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