A brief biography of Kumekichi Ishibashi includes his move to America, where he started his family, and what happened to him during and after World War II. The collection documents the personal life and business records of the Ishibashi family; one of the pioneer Japanese American farming families on the Rancho Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles, California from about 1910 until 2012.
Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles Identity and values--Issei Industry and employment--Agriculture World War II--Incarceration camps Post-World War II
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CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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