Farming

img Photo of a horse (ddr-densho-483-180)

Sepia photo of a horse. Caption on photo: "Ji-Ji" written in dark ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-180/

img Group photo of agricultural workers (ddr-densho-483-204)

Sepia photo of seven agricultural workers posing in front of a laundry line. Caption on album page: "Upper [arrow], Carlos, Delmendo, Ruth, Rosendo, Ellen, Pauline, Eugenio" written in white ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-204/

img Photo of Jiji (ddr-densho-483-210)

Black and white photo of a draft horse. Caption on album page: "Jiji" written in white ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-210/

img Candid photo of strawberry pickers (ddr-densho-483-205)

Black and white photo of agricultural workers picking strawberries. Caption on album page: "Snap!" written in white ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-205/

img Mother with children on farm (ddr-densho-2-2)

Patsy, Peggie, and Jimmie Yorita on the Nishimura family farm.

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

img Two children on a horse (ddr-densho-2-17)

Jimmie and Patsy Yorita sit on top of Brownie, their farm horse.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-17/

img Man looking out from outdoor shower (ddr-ajah-6-587)

Caption below photo: After a long day of picking cantaloupes by hand, and Issei man, likely from Oakland, CA., cleans up in a makeshift shower. He was working in the Turlock vicinity of the Central Valley of California, where cantaloupes were grown due to the favorable weather. circa 1922

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-587/

img Man and girl standing by windmill and water tank (ddr-ajah-6-572)

Caption below photo: An Issei man and his daughter pose in front of a water storage tank, could be near Bay Farm Island in Alameda, CA., which was a rural area at this time, circa 1915-1933

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-572/

img Fukuyama family photo (ddr-densho-483-196)

Sepia photo of the Fukuyama family posing with a farmhand in a strawberry field. Caption on album page: "Tsutomu, Mother, Mary, Father, Tony, 1930" written in white ink. Photo is marked "B.E." in dark blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-196/

img Photo of the Fukuyama family with migrant agricultural workers in a strawberry field (ddr-densho-483-200)

Sepia photo of the Fukuyama family posing with migrant agricultural workers in a strawberry field. Caption on album page: "June 1930" written in white ink. Photo is marked "B.E." in dark blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-200/

img Photo of strawberry pickers (ddr-densho-483-211)

Sepia photo of people picking strawberries. Caption on album page: "Picking strawberries June 1930" written in white ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-211/

img Photo of a man with a horse ploughing a field (ddr-densho-483-263)

Black and white photo of a young man with a horse ploughing a field. Caption on album page: "In the tomato field June 1930" written in white ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-263/

img Photo of Jiji and Tsutomu (ddr-densho-483-184)

Sepia photo of a boy standing with a horse harnessed to a plow in a field. Caption on album page: "Jiji and Tsutomu" written in white ink. Photo is annotated with two punctuation marks in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-184/

img Group photo of agricultural workers (ddr-densho-483-206)

Black and white photo of five agricultural workers in a strawberry field. Four people are posed kneeling for the photo with another person in the background. Caption on album page: "Leo, Bob, Ruth, Eugenio, Ellen" written in white ink. Mark on photograph pointing to second figure from left: "nut." written in dark blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-206/

img Photo of three men in a strawberry field (ddr-densho-483-197)

Sepia photo of three men posing in a strawberry field. Caption on album page: " Junior D. Paeanas"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-197/

img Photo of Ellen, Katharine & Lucy James (ddr-densho-483-262)

Black and white photo of three women in a field. Caption on album page: "Ellen, Katharine & Lucy James,. Nanaimo, B.C." written in white ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-262/

img Photo of a horse and farmer tilling a field (ddr-densho-483-212)

Sepia photo of a draft horse and a farmer tilling a field.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-212/

img Fukuyama family photo (ddr-densho-483-284)

Sepia photo of the Fukuyama family posing with a farmhand in a strawberry field. Caption on album page: "Tutomu, Mother, Mary, Father, Tony, 1930" written in white ink. Photo is marked "B.E." in dark blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-284/

img Photo of a tomato field (ddr-densho-483-178)

Sepia photo of a field of tomatoes. Caption on album page: "In the tomato field"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-178/

img Photo of Tsutomu Fukuyama (ddr-densho-483-213)

Sepai-toned photo of Tsutomu Fukuyama standing in a field. Caption on album page: "Tutomu" written in white ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-213/

doc Article from Survey Graphic, February 1943. "Japanese Colony: Success Story" (ddr-densho-423-134)

Article about Japanese American produce merchant from Oakland who left California before evacuation with a group of farmers to find farmland outside the Exclusion Zone. Argues that their success demonstrates their loyalty and patriotism. Includes endorsement by Mike Masaoka. Handwritten in corner "Property of Martha Nozawa"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-134/

doc Speech by Morio L. Fukuto, Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, to the Poston II reunion, August 29, 1987 (ddr-csujad-55-1872)

Transcription of a speech given by Morio Fukuto at the Poston II Reunion. Covers the reunion theme of paying tribute to the issei, discriminatory citizenship laws, history of prejudice towards Japanese in the United States, history of Japanese farmers in California, attitudes towards nisei, and the coram nobis movement. See this object in the California State …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1872/

img Photograph of Issei farm in Florin, California (ddr-csujad-55-2620)

Photograph of Issei Farm in Florin, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2784

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2620/

img Richard Fujii farm, view from the field towards the main house (ddr-csujad-55-2582)

A photograph of Richard Fujii farm, view from the field towards the main house. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2746

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2582/

img Richard Fujii farm, extra house on the farm (ddr-csujad-55-2581)

A photograph of Richard Fujii farm, extra house on the farm. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2745

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2581/

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