Issei horticulturist prior to mass removal

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ddr-densho-151-452 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00452)

Dorothea Lange Collection

Original caption: Mountain View, California. Ryohitsu Shibuya, successful chrysanthemum grower, who arrived in this country in 1904, with $60 and a basket of clothes, is shown above on his farm in Santa Clara County, before evacuation. He grew prize chrysanthemums for select eastern markets. Horticulturists and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

18-Apr-42

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