John C. Gordon Photographic Collection, MSS-1996-03-29-02, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. Written on recto: "S. R. Arakis' Ranch San Jose Calif. U.S.A. July 12, 1927 Photo J. C. Gordon." Written on original container: "Araka Japanese strawberry field." The Araki ranch was a Japanese owned farm. The family owned several acres in Berryessa, and they cash leased other properties in Milpitas, and near their family ranch. In 1942 the Araki family faced forced internment as a result of World War II and the forced internment of Japanese Americans. Suyetaro Araki attempted to consolidate his land holdings and his son Harry, arranged with a "trusted" white businessman to run the farm in their absence. Suyetaro died at Heart Mountain. Harry and his mother returned to claim their property in 1945, only to discover that their trusted friend transferred ownership of the property to his name. See: Timothy J. Lukes and Gary Y. Okihiro, "Japanese Legacy; Farming and Community Life in California's Santa Clara Valley 91985), p. 122. Captured by Luna Imaging using Fujifilm Lanovia C-550 Scanner or Cambo 4x5 Camera with a Phase One PowerPhase FX Digital Back as a 600 dpi TIF image in 8-bit grayscale, retained in the SJSU library digital repository as master image. Operating System during capture is Mac OS X Version 10.6.6. Image retouched with Adobe Photoshop CS3. Pixel size: 22551 x 4783. File size: 102 MB. Compressed into JPG format using Irfanview Version 4.28.
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