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Full title:An exterior view of the house occupied by Rokuro Okubo and his wife, Ayako, with their three children, Phyllis, age 2; Joan, age 4; and Virginia, age 8. Mrs. Okubo is shown shaking out her dust mop while Phyllis and Joan help. Mr. Okubo is farming 120 acres, mostly in corn and soy beans, for his employer, a Chicago professional man. The family came to Illinois in April 1944 from Granada. Mr. Okubo had a vegetable market in Los Angeles for about ten years prior to evacuation. He came to this country from Japan when he was six years old. Mrs. Okubo was born in the state of Washington. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Palatine, Illinois.
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