Image / Inside Asano grocery store on Myrtle Ave

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Title: Inside Asano grocery store on Myrtle Ave
Date Created and/or Issued: c. 1930s
Contributing Institution: Monrovia Public Library
Collection: Monrovia Legacy Project
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Description: Sakae Mary Asano (1904-1991) with sons, Tosh and Warren "Babe", and unknown boy. This is probably the first Asano store at 526 S. Myrtle. Sakae and Takumi Asano were successful small-business owners. Their two sons were both born at Monrovia Hospital and lived most of their lives in Monrovia. The family lived in a Quonset behind this store.
Type: image
Identifier: F7929C55-582B-4D54-A748-462051170018
SL 07
Subject: People
Japanese American
Businesses
Mary Asano
Tosh Asano
Warren Asano
Asano family

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