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Railroads

When the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act ended the immigration of workers from China, railroad companies turned to the Japanese to fill the void. Labor contracting companies such as Furuya and Tobo recruited workers for the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways. Issei (Japanese immigrant) men were primarily manual laborers, working ten-hour days laying tracks.

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img Union Pacific Rail Road Company private road (ddr-csujad-43-247)

Photograph number SP-5199 of private road. Note on the back side reads: Private Road of the Union Pacific R.R. Co. [Railroad Company], immediately adjacent the southerly side of Cerritos Channel looking westerly. In foreground showing portion of background of photograph SP-5198. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_04_042_001

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43-247/

img Union Pacific Rail Road Company private road (ddr-csujad-43-253)

Photograph number SP-5213 of a private road. Note on the back side reads: Private Road of the Union Pacific R. R. Co. [Railroad Company], immediately adjacent the southerly side of Cerritos Channel looking Westerly showing connection to Henry Ford Avenue. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_04_056_001

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43-253/

img Union Pacific Rail Road Company private road (ddr-csujad-43-249)

Photograph number SP-5206 of a private road. Note on the back side of photograph reads: Private Road of the Union Pacific R. R. Co. [Railroad Company], immediately adjacent the southerly side of Cerritos Channel looking westerly. In foreground showing portion of background of photograph SP-5205. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43-249/

img Union Pacific Rail Road Company private road (ddr-csujad-43-250)

Photograph number SP-5207 of a private road. Note on the back side reads: Private Road of the Union Pacific R. R. Co. [Railroad Company], immediately adjacent the southerly side of Cerritos Channel looking westerly. In foreground showing portion of background of photograph SP-5206. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43-250/

doc Notice from War Relocation Authority to Shoji Nagumo, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-902)

Confirmation card to acknowledge receipt of a departure, arrival, or change of address card from Shoji Nagumo. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0904

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-902/

doc Letter from Mark S. Tsunokai to Mr. Shoji Nagumo, September 14, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-901)

Correspondence from Mark S. Tsunokai to Shoji Nagumo regarding work for the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Covers availability of work for Nagumo, nature of the job, wages, and other details. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0903

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-901/

doc [Newspaper clipping titled:] Japanese form a labor trust (ddr-csujad-55-2009)

Newspaper clipping published in an unknown newspaper regarding a labor trust formed by the United Industrial Company in order to supply industries with Japanese laborers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2112

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2009/

img Railroad bridges (ddr-csujad-25-12)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Spokane Washington in the early 1900s. Include photographs of Monrore Street Bridge, Latah Bridge, and Spokane Riverfront Park. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_012

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-12/

av Oral history with Amy Uno Ishii (ddr-csujad-29-378)

An oral interview with Amy Uno Ishii, a Nisei woman. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0936. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1342.1_T01

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-378/

doc Japs Overrun Tacoma. Going East in Train Loads -- Destination Unknown. (April 21, 1900) (ddr-densho-56-6)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 21, 1900, p. 10

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-6/

doc Threaten Strike Over Japanese (January 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-585)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 28, 1942, p. 3

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-585/

doc Strikers Resenting Employment of Japs (October 2, 1911) (ddr-densho-56-208)

The Seattle Daily Times, October 2, 1911, p. 10

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-208/

doc Japs Run Out. (June 27, 1900) (ddr-densho-56-13)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 27, 1900, p. 4

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-13/

doc Urge Oriental Labor (August 29, 1919) (ddr-densho-56-333)

The Seattle Daily Times, August 29, 1919, p. 28

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-333/

doc Great Northern To Dismiss Japs (March 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-666)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 5, 1942, p. 11

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-666/

doc Object to the Japs. (July 14, 1900) (ddr-densho-56-16)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 14, 1900, p. 2

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-16/

doc An Odd Angle of the Japanese Problem. (May 13, 1914) (ddr-densho-56-249)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 13, 1914, p. 6

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-249/

Bring Jap Labor for Railroad. Commissioner of Immigration Says Large Numbers Are Taken to Hawaii, Thence to Northwestern States. Many Devices Employed by Chinese to Evade Exclusion Law -- They Also Aid Importation of Immoral Women. (January 7, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-72)

doc Bring Jap Labor for Railroad. Commissioner of Immigration Says Large Numbers Are Taken to Hawaii, Thence to Northwestern States. Many Devices Employed by Chinese to Evade Exclusion Law -- They Also Aid Importation of Immoral Women. (January 7, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-72)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 1, 1907, p. 3

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-72/

doc King St. Station 'Red Caps' Now Are Filipinos (March 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-679)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 9, 1942, p. 21

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-679/

doc Whites Refuse to Work With Japanese. Strike Occurs in the Freight Yard of the Great Northern at Great Falls, Montana. (May 20, 1906) (ddr-densho-56-62)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 20, 1906, p. 15

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-62/