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Fishing and canneries

Japanese Americans found work at salmon canneries along the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington, and their labor was welcomed in Alaskan towns such as Ketchikan and Petersburg as early as the 1890s. They traveled by ship to the cannery towns, where they slowly developed small communities whose population swelled with the yearly arrival of workers. Issei (Japanese immigrant) entrepreneurs started the oyster industry from scratch in Puget Sound. Japanese American oyster farms became thriving businesses before World War II.

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Joe Takehara Interview Segment 2 (ddr-chi-1-15-2)
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Parents' work in the fishing industry
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George M. Yoshino Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1014-8-8)
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Working on an oyster farm
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Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1002-11-9)
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Memories of working in an Alaska salmon cannery as a teenager

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

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John Kats Marumoto Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-322-6)
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The process of fishing at night

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-322-6/
John Kats Marumoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-322-7)
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Life in a fishing village in Terminal Island

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-145-2)
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Reasons for Japanese immigrant participation in the cannery system

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-145-32)
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Description of the physical layout of the Waterfall cannery, separate lodging for different ethnic groups

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-145-8)
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Description of cannery jobs: vacuum-packing the cans, cooking the fish, stevedoring

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-145-5)
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Isseis' roles as contractors in the canneries

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-145-25)
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Unionization issue begins to affect the cannery system

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-145-4)
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Reasons for Issei involvement as contractors in the cannery system

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-145-3)
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History and organization of the Alaska canneries

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-145-35)
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Dangerous health conditions in the canneries

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-145-28)
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Changes in the Waterfall Cannery over the years, both in conditions and relationships between workers

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-145-7)
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Description of some of the jobs involved in a cannery; personal role assisting the head mechanic at the Waterfall Cannery

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-145-31)
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Other memories of the Waterfall cannery: poor living conditions; layout of the cannery

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-145-9)
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Organization and hierarchy of the cannery personnel

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-145-11)
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Description of other roles within the cannery personnel: contractor, foreman and cook

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-145-22)
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Acting as a middleman between the management and the workers at the Waterfall cannery

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-145-10)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-145-10)
Receiving "special treatment": given the job of hand-packing the king salmon

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-145-36)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-145-36)
Memories of long hours, tedious work in the canneries

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-145-21)
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Beginnings of unionization process at the Waterfall cannery

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

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Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-145-16)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-145-16)
Organization of the Waterfall Cannery; discussion of the roles of various ethnic groups

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-145-16/
Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-145-6)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-145-6)
Overview of the general operation of an Alaskan cannery; description of four different types of salmon

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-145-6/
Akira Otani Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-321-7)
vh Akira Otani Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-321-7)
Father's establishment of a fish auction business

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-321-7/
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