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img A group in front of Star Laundry (ddr-densho-353-98)

Star Laundry was located at 1229 Jackson Street.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-98/

img Southwest corner of 6th and Weller Street (ddr-densho-353-122)

Japanese businesses included the Paris hotel and Hinode Laundry baths.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-122/

img A group in front of the Eagle Laundry (ddr-densho-353-93)

The Eagle Laundry was located at 1251 Main Street.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-93/

img The Grand Union Laundry (ddr-densho-353-103)

The Grand Union Laundry was located at 14th and Main Street.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-103/

doc Commemorative Issue 2600th Anniversary Yearbook and Directory 1940-1941 (ddr-densho-480-2)

The yearbook includes pictures and information about Japanese American businesses, schools, organizations, individuals, and families. The directory includes city indexes for California, as well as a few city indexes for Arizona and Japan, with advertisements for businesses and organizations throughout the city indexes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-2/

img Digital document and photo with men standing outside Meiji Laundry with story of their Laundry in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-239)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-239/

img St. Marie's Laundry in St. Marie, Idaho (ddr-densho-477-17)

Photograph of a storefront with two people standing in front of it. The sign on a pole in front of the store reads "ST MARIES HAND LAUNDRY". The caption below the image reads "St. Marie's laundry in St. Marie Idaho operated by Takeo's parent" in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-17/

img Group pose in front of dry cleaners (ddr-densho-359-123)

Ayako Okano and her mother, Haruno Okano, stand on the left and right of an unidentified woman in the top row; Masaru Okano and his father, Toshiyuki Okano sit second and third from the left on the bottom row. The Okano family owned and operated a dry cleaning/laundry business in a few different Western Washington cities …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-123/

img Two men in front of dry cleaners (ddr-densho-359-127)

Masaru Okano is on the left. The Okano family owned and operated a dry cleaning/laundry business in Bellingham and then Shelton

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-127/

img Bainbridge Cleaners (ddr-densho-359-1228)

The outside of Phil Okano's cleaners on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1228/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1221)

Phil writes about meeting a friend of Alice's in Denver. He also writes about his day at the laundry and shopping trip to buy a new jacket.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1221/

img Family business (ddr-densho-359-437)

The storefront of Phil Okano's cleaning and pressing shop.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-437/

img Inside Bainbridge Cleaners (ddr-densho-359-1229)

The interior of Phil Okano's cleaners on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1229/

img Man and child in front of dry cleaners (ddr-densho-359-125)

Phil Okano with youngest brother, Bob Okano. The Okano family owned and operated a dry cleaning/laundry business in Bellingham and then Shelton.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-125/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1220)

Phil discusses if Denver would be a good place to try to open his own laundry or cleaning business based on what he's talked about with other people in the business.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1220/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1217)

Phil writes about receiving his first paycheck and learning to use a steam gun for silk pressing.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1217/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1222)

Phil writes about his continued work at the laundry. He warns Alice, his wife, not to write back because he'll be on the move.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1222/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1219)

Phil writes about his work at the laundry and visiting another laundry called Band Bou that could hire him and specialize in different types of fabric cleaning that he is keen to learn. He reminds Alice, his wife, to pay the rent on their house since he isn't sure Denver is a place he would like …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1219/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1215)

Phil writes of his first day at his new job at a laundry in Denver. He says he can only keep the job for a little while so he discusses the pros and cons of staying in Denver to find more work or returning to Caldwell, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1215/

img Man and child in front of laundromat (ddr-densho-359-862)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-862/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1216)

Phil talks about his work at the laundry and how he believes he is improving. At this point Phil thinks he will stay in Denver another week.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1216/