Farming

img Large standard chrysanthemums on car (ddr-densho-134-9)

This family operated the Green Lake Gardens Company, a five-acre complex of greenhouses and farms in North Seattle. They grew Easter Lilies, large standard chrysanthemums (pictured), and vegetables that were shipped around Seattle and Washington State.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-134-9/

img Nisei farmer (ddr-densho-136-19)

This man's family owned a farm in the Bothell, Washington area.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-136-19/

img Farmhouse (ddr-densho-136-9)

This farmhouse, owned by the Tanagi family, was located in North Seattle, on land that is now a commercial shopping mall.

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img Family farm (ddr-densho-136-5)

This family leased a farm at 4657 Union Bay Place in the University District of Seattle. They grew vegetables which were sold at the Public Market at various produce wholesale houses.

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img Two children on tractor (ddr-densho-136-20)

Yosh and Mary Tamura are playing on a tractor at their Union Bay farm in Seattle. This farm is located on what is now a shopping mall named the University Village.

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img Aerial photograph of Union Bay farms (ddr-densho-136-29)

This photograph shows the area of Seattle, Washington which is currently known as the University District. What used to be Issei-operated Union Bay farms is now an upscale shopping mall. Issei farmers grew vegetables on this land which were sold at the Public Market and produce wholesale houses.

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img Farmhouse (ddr-densho-138-6)

This Issei-operated farm was located at 6020 Sandpoint Way in the Pontiac area of Seattle.

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img Issei farmer stacking crates (ddr-densho-138-4)

This farm was located in the Sandpoint-Pontiac area of North Seattle.

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img Farmhouse in winter (ddr-densho-138-3)

This Issei-operated farm was located at 6020 Sandpoint Way in North Seattle. (L to R): Tomiko, Kame, Mrs. Uyeji, Mr. Uyeji, Tak.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-138-3/

img Family on porch (ddr-densho-138-2)

This family operated a small farm at 6020 Sandpoint Way in North Seattle. (L to R): Tomiko, Kame, Mrs. Uyeji, Mr. Uyeji, Tak.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-138-2/

img Woman and child with produce (ddr-densho-138-5)

This family operated a small farm located in the Sandpoint-Pontiac area of North Seattle. (L to R): Tosh Uyeji, Mrs. Uyeji.

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img Farm (ddr-densho-128-10)

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img Migrant farmworker (ddr-densho-15-27)

This Issei man is picking onions.

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img Migrant farmworkers (ddr-densho-15-29)

Farmworkers in onion field.

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img Japanese Americans picking vegetables (ddr-densho-15-80)

This farm may have belonged to a local Japanese American farmer.

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img Migrant farmworker (ddr-densho-15-28)

Norio Mitsuoka, age eighteen, was from Seattle. He is shown here picking onions. Mitsuoka made $1 a day and worked from sunrise to sunset.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-28/

img [Chili pepper dryers] (ddr-csujad-29-254)

Photograph of chili pepper dryers taken near Five Points in Huntington Beach, located along Beach Boulevard. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P197

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av Oral history with Emi Yamaki (ddr-csujad-29-377)

An oral interview with Emi Yamaki. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0934. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1335_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-377/

img [Nitta brothers] (ddr-csujad-29-267)

Photographed are Hitoshi, Mits, and Min Nitta. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P210

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img [Farmers in an agricultural field] (ddr-csujad-29-235)

Photograph of three men, presumably farmers, in an agricultural field after World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P178

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img [Orange pickers on a Santa Ana orange grove] (ddr-csujad-29-269)

Shuji Kanno (4th from left) and other orange pickers on a Santa Ana orange grove. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P212

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-269/

av Edwin (Ed) Sasaki oral history interview (ddr-csujad-9-1)

Oral history interview of Edwin (Ed) Sasaki, a professor of the Psychology Department, conducted by the Public History Institute at California State University, Bakersfield. Professor Sasaki was born in Sacramento, California, in November 1940 and grew up in Weiser, Idaho. He recollects his family's experiences during the World War II, being arrested as a suspect and …

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doc Cooperative Colonization (ddr-sbbt-2-27)

A proposal to incentivize incarcerees to leave the concentration camps by investing in land, farming equipment, and other materials for Japanese Americans to establish "colonies in fertile land suitable for agriculture."

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av Jane Muranaka oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-9)

Oral history of Jane Muranaka, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-12

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-9/

av Michi and Tom Imai oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-5)

Oral history of Michi and Tom Imai, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-04

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-5/

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