{"id":"ddr-janm-21","model":"collection","collection_id":"ddr-janm-21","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-21/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-janm-21/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-janm-21/ddr-janm-21-1-mezzanine-cf89d166ad-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-janm-21/ddr-janm-21-1-mezzanine-cf89d166ad-a.jpg","parent":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-janm/","children":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-janm-21/children/"},"parent_id":"ddr-janm","organization_id":"ddr-janm","signature_id":"ddr-janm-21-1-mezzanine-cf89d166ad","title":"John Bonomi Papers Collection","description":"John Bonomi worked for the Brunswig Drug Company and supplied pharmaceutical materials to Japanese Americans in concentration camps. This collection contains approximately 50 letters from Japanese Americans who requested medicine and household materials, discussed payment methods, shared camp life, and other messages.","breadcrumbs":[{"id":"ddr-janm-21","model":"collection","idpart":"cid","label":"21","api_url":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-janm-21/","url":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-21/"}],"_fields":["id","record_created","record_lastmod","status","public","title","unitdateinclusive","unitdatebulk","creators","extent","language","contributor","description","physloc","rights","accessrestrict","userrestrict","prefercite","bioghist","scopecontent","relatedmaterial","separatedmaterial","signature_id"],"record_created":"2025-04-17T11:15:27","record_lastmod":"2025-04-28T12:44:26","status":"completed","public":"1","unitdateinclusive":"1942-1944","unitdatebulk":"1942-1944","creators":[{"namepart":"Bonomi, John","role":"author"}],"extent":"Approximately 50 letters and envelopes.","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American National Museum","physloc":"Japanese American National Museum","acqinfo":"Donated to JANM in 2006.","custodhist":"Donated to JANM in 2006.","rights":"nocc","prefercite":"Courtesy of Japanese American National Museum (Gift of John Carl Bonomi and Lillian Clara Bonomi, 2006.22)","bioghist":"John Bonomi grew up in Los Angeles, California and worked for Brunswig Drug Company shortly before World War II. Bonomi, a representative for Brunswig, sold wholesale drugs to pharmacists in Little Tokyo before the war. When his pharmacist clients were taken to camp, Bonomi continued to keep in contact with them, and providing basic supplies for ailments throughout the war. Bonomi traveled to Manzanar several times to drop off medicine, and also sent supplies to clients in various camps (Poston, Gila River).\r\nBonomi moved to Monterey Park during the war years as there was not much of a market left in Little Tokyo. Bonomi moved to the Long Beach area following the war.","search_hidden":"Bonomi, John author","download_large":"ddr-janm-21-1-mezzanine-cf89d166ad-a.jpg"}