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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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Buildings on shoreline of Alaskan town (ddr-densho-383-245)
img Buildings on shoreline of Alaskan town (ddr-densho-383-245)
Likely the cannery and buildings at Orca, Alaska.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-245/
Waterfront with gulls (ddr-densho-383-135)
img Waterfront with gulls (ddr-densho-383-135)
Written on album page below photograph: "Lunch Time For Seagulls".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-135/
Mr. Fujita on deck of ship (ddr-densho-383-83)
img Mr. Fujita on deck of ship (ddr-densho-383-83)
Written on album page below photograph: "Mr. Fujita, Cannery Foreman at Hunter's Bay, 1930".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-83/
Mr. Fujita and others on boardwalk (ddr-densho-383-335)
img Mr. Fujita and others on boardwalk (ddr-densho-383-335)
Written on album page below photograph: "Fujita-san, Our boss '31".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-335/
img "Seakist" boat in Alaska (ddr-densho-383-241)
The "Seakist" was a cannery tender boat. A scow filled with fish is pictured alongside the "Seakist."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-241/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 12, No. 615 (October 28, 1939) (ddr-densho-96-650)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 12, No. 615 (October 28, 1939) (ddr-densho-96-650)
Selected article titles: "Fishery Products Back Japan Trade" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "Youthful Talent Will Disport at Chapter Benefit" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-650/
Japanese Fishing Tackle Dealers Association float (ddr-sbbt-1-23)
img Japanese Fishing Tackle Dealers Association float (ddr-sbbt-1-23)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-1-23/
Spear fishing (ddr-densho-492-30)
img Spear fishing (ddr-densho-492-30)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-30/
Hiroshi Shin (ddr-densho-471-121)
img Hiroshi Shin (ddr-densho-471-121)
Hiroshi Shin poses for a portrait. Caption on the picture reads: "To Toshiyuki / Hiroshi Shin at Tule Lake".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-471-121/
Man at fish hatchery (ddr-densho-359-524)
img Man at fish hatchery (ddr-densho-359-524)
Mr Furuya poses at the Bonneville fish hatchery.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-524/
Woman at fish hatchery (ddr-densho-359-520)
img Woman at fish hatchery (ddr-densho-359-520)
The caption under the photograph in the album reads "Mrs. Otsuka at fish hatchery in Bonneville". Jeanette Otsuka
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-520/
Professional fishing boat (ddr-densho-359-431)
img Professional fishing boat (ddr-densho-359-431)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-431/
Tugboats at Lummi Island (ddr-densho-353-144)
img Tugboats at Lummi Island (ddr-densho-353-144)
For several years, Kiichi Setsuda was president of the Japanese American Fertilizing and Fisheries Company at Lummi Island, near Bellingham.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-144/
M. Nakata Food Products workers (ddr-densho-353-163)
img M. Nakata Food Products workers (ddr-densho-353-163)
Includes a note on the back in Japanese.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-163/
A group of cannery workers (ddr-densho-353-56)
img A group of cannery workers (ddr-densho-353-56)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-56/
Pea cannery at the M. Nakata Food Products Inc. plant (ddr-densho-353-162)
img Pea cannery at the M. Nakata Food Products Inc. plant (ddr-densho-353-162)
A note on the back identifies the workers in the photo.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-162/
Workers on a salmon barge (ddr-densho-353-57)
img Workers on a salmon barge (ddr-densho-353-57)
Captioned: "Salmon barge before unloading."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-57/
Workers harvesting peas at M. Nakata's Food Products Inc. (ddr-densho-353-158)
img Workers harvesting peas at M. Nakata's Food Products Inc. (ddr-densho-353-158)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-158/
Workers on a salmon barge (ddr-densho-353-58)
img Workers on a salmon barge (ddr-densho-353-58)
Captioned: "Loading salmon on a barge."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-58/
A parade float (ddr-densho-353-326)
img A parade float (ddr-densho-353-326)
Captioned: "A float for a parade, sponsored by the Japanese fishing tackle dealers association."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-326/
Men napping on pier (ddr-densho-540-43)
img Men napping on pier (ddr-densho-540-43)
Caption on page: "Noon time snooze" in white ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-43/
Taku Harbor and Cannery (ddr-densho-540-36)
img Taku Harbor and Cannery (ddr-densho-540-36)
Caption on page: "Taku Harbor and Cannery" in white ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-36/
Multiple large containers of salmon (ddr-densho-540-71)
img Multiple large containers of salmon (ddr-densho-540-71)
Caption on page: "Fish fish and more fish" in white ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-71/
Cannery hallway with stacks of boxes (ddr-densho-540-86)
img Cannery hallway with stacks of boxes (ddr-densho-540-86)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-86/
2 men assembling boxes at cannery (ddr-densho-540-81)
img 2 men assembling boxes at cannery (ddr-densho-540-81)
Caption on page: "Stitching boxes" in white ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-81/
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