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Title
Dakuzaku family dinner held at Capitol Laundry in San Francisco
Creator
Yoshizato Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
1916
Publication Information
California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution
California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection
Japanese American Archival Collection
Rights Information
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
Two young children are Mary Tsukamoto (age two) and sister Ruth Haruko (age four). Also in picture are Chosei and Kame Dakuzaku, Choshin and Nobuko, and other young friends from Okinawa. Photograph from Mary Tsuruko Dakusaku Tsukamoto's photograph collection. Chosei Taro Dakuzaka married Kame Yoshinaga in 1904. Chosei Taro Dakuzaka immigrated to the United States in 1904. His wife joined him 13 years later. Their six children are: Masako (remained in Japan), Ruth Haruko, Mary Tsuruko, Isabel Sumiko, Jean Yoshiko, Julia Toshiko, George Tomomitsu. Chosei Taro moved his family from San Francisco to the San Joaquin Valley and then to Florin in 1925 where they grew strawberries and grapes. The Dakuzaku family and extended family members were sent to Jerome Relocation Center during the Internment period. Note the photograph of Abraham Lincoln in the background. President Lincoln was greatly admired by the Japanese American community.
Type
image
Format
8-1/2 x 6-1/2
Photographic print.
Sepia-toned
8.49 x 6.50 in.
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 6.0
None
600 dpi
RGB
24 Bit
5094 x 3900 pixels
58209 kb.
Tiff
Identifier
JC17:21
ark:/13030/kt2c6017nq
197.jpg
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/196
Language
English
Subject
Japanese Americans--California--Florin
Japanese American families
Tsukamoto, Mary
Dakuzaku, Haruko Ruth
Relation
From the Japanese American Archival Collection. MS-1. California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives

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