Small business

Japanese American businesses, such as groceries, fish shops, laundries, barbershops, public bathhouses, restaurants, drugstores, and dry goods stores, sprang up in communities along the West Coast. Women and children were vitally important to these "mom and pop" enterprises, as their free labor allowed the family to survive and even prosper during lean times.

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doc Invoice from the McMurtry Mfg. Co. (ddr-densho-319-521)

Invoice for a purchase of cans of wax made by T.K. Pharmacy from the McMurtry Mfg. Co.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-521/

doc Liquor Industry Letter (ddr-densho-319-605)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-605/

doc Letter regarding a lease agreement (ddr-densho-319-556)

Correspondence from attorney, Charles H. Groves, about the lease for the T.K. Pharmacy space.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-556/

doc Invoice from Midway Chemical Co. (ddr-densho-319-520)

Invoice for a purchase of bugded, aerowax, kwiklite, and dry cleaner made by T.K. Pharmacy from Midway Chemical Co.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-520/

doc Liquor Industry Letter (ddr-densho-319-597)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-597/

doc Invoice from The Niles & Moser Cigar Co. (ddr-densho-319-533)

Invoice for a cigar purchase made by T.K. Pharmacy from The Niles & Moser Cigar Co.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-533/

doc Liquor Industry Letter (ddr-densho-319-595)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-595/

doc Insurance invoice (ddr-densho-319-508)

Invoice for insurance from the American Druggists' Fire Insurance Company.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-508/

doc Invoices from Big Chief Bottling Co. (ddr-densho-319-492)

Invoices for purchases made by T.K. Pharmacy from Big Chief Bottling Co. for whisky, sake, and other alcoholic beverages.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-492/

doc Thank you letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from the American Legion (ddr-densho-319-590)

A letter from the American Legion Wallace Simpson Post No. 29 to T.K. Pharmacy thanking them for donating a case of soda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-590/

doc Invoice from the Morey Mercantile Co. (ddr-densho-319-543)

Invoice for a purchase made by T.K. Pharmacy from the Morey Mercantile Co.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-543/

doc Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Topaz concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-19)

Basic translation: Saw your ad for Japanese sake in Japanese newspaper. One of my friends had a grocery store in San Francisco but recently went to Tule Lake, leaving a lot of sake behind. We also have Japanese medicine. Would like to send you a list if interested.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-19/

doc Invoice from G. & G. Distributing Co. (ddr-densho-319-511)

Invoice for a purchase of Falstaff Beer made by T.K. Pharmacy from G. & G. Distributing Co.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-511/

doc Invoice from the Standard Bottling Co. (ddr-densho-319-526)

Invoice for purchases of soda water made by T.K. Pharmacy from the Standard Bottling Co.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-526/

doc T.K. Pharmacy advertisement (ddr-densho-319-564)

Advertising pages from the 1944 Senior Yearbook of the Denver General Hospital.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-564/

doc Liquor Industry Letter (ddr-densho-319-600)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-600/

doc Ice Cream Currents, Vol. 6, No. 4 (ddr-densho-319-614)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-614/

doc Display advertising contract (ddr-densho-319-560)

A display advertising contract between the R.L. Watkins Company Division and T.K. Pharmacy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-560/

doc Liquor Industry Letter (ddr-densho-319-602)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-602/

doc Invoice from Reuler-Lewin Inc. (ddr-densho-319-531)

Invoice for purchases of alcohol made by T.K. Pharmacy from Reuler-Lewin Inc.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-531/

doc Liquor Industry Letter (ddr-densho-319-596)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-596/

doc Druggist Briefs (ddr-densho-319-608)

"News of special interest to druggists."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-608/

img Tashiro's Hardware Store (ddr-densho-39-2)

Tashiro's Hardware Store, established in 1917, was a prominent business located on Prefontaine Avenue in the heart of Seattle's Nihonmachi. Kanjiro Tashiro (without hat) sold Japanese folding knives before opening his hardware store in Seattle. During World War II, he stored his inventory at Northcoast Importing. After the war, Tashiro reopened his business and continued to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-2/

img Aiko photo studio (ddr-densho-35-296)

Aiko photo studio was located on Sixth and Jackson in Seattle's Nihonmachi or Japantown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-296/

img Aiko photo studio (ddr-densho-35-295)

Aiko photo studio was located on the second floor of this building on Sixth and Jackson in Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-295/