ddr-densho-9 — Kawaguchi Collection | Densho Digital Repository

Kawaguchi Collection

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The Kawaguchi collection, 1930s, focuses on the Shiraishi family, who were farmers from Bellevue, Washington. In addition to photographs of agricultural activities, the collection contains images of picnics and sports.

c.1930s

25 photographic prints, black and white

Densho

Courtesy of the Mitsue Kawaguchi Family Collection

25 Objects

img Farm field (ddr-densho-9-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-9-1/

img Baseball game (ddr-densho-9-2)

This baseball game was at the Columbia playfield.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-9-2/

img Three women on a farm (ddr-densho-9-3)

Left to right: Teruko Hoshino, Katsuyo Hoshino, and Mitsue Shiraishi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-9-3/

img Two children (ddr-densho-9-4)

Katsuyo Hoshino (left) and (first name unknown) Tashiro.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-9-4/

img Child in a field (ddr-densho-9-5)

Baby Tashiro. (Identification on photograph.)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-9-5/

img Family in front of a car (ddr-densho-9-6)

A family visits Shiraishi farm.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-9-6/

img Woman on an outing (ddr-densho-9-7)

Ruth Ito. (Identification on photograph.)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-9-7/

img Summer home (ddr-densho-9-8)

This is the summer home of Masajiro Furuya, a successful merchant and banker in the Pacific Northwest. Masajiro Furuya was born in Yamanishi Prefecture, Japan, in 1862 and made his fortune in Washington State as a banker, merchant, and labor contractor. Furuya, a tailor by trade, immigrated to Seattle in 1890 and eventually opened his own …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-9-8/