Industry and employment

At the turn of the century, Japanese immigrants (Issei) came to the United States to work on the rapidly expanding plantations of Hawaii and the farms, lumber mills, railroads and canneries of the Pacific Coast. They quickly realized this type of work was not going to bring them wealth, and many began looking for more promising opportunities. Farming, fishing and small businesses were often seen as the answer.

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img Office workers (ddr-densho-2-41)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-41/

img Workers packing school lunches (ddr-densho-63-5)

Mitsuko Hashiguchi is in the foreground and Norma Warner is in back. Mitsuko is packing cold packs and Norma is packing hot foods at Bellevue High School. They had to begin cooking and packing at 5 a.m., and the lunches had to go out at 9 a.m. to be delivered to the schools. Mitsuko's husband was …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-63-5/

img Bellevue School District worker (ddr-densho-63-4)

Borghild Ringdall, the woman who began the school lunch program in Bellevue, gave Mitsuko Hashiguchi a job with the school district. Mitsuko knew her from before World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-63-4/

img Issei machinists (ddr-densho-12-17)

These Issei men worked for Joe Moyer in his machine shop on First Avenue. Left to right: unidentified, unidentified, Mr. Yoshikane, Tajuro Kunitsugu, unidentified, unidentified, and unidentified.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-12-17/

img Issei man working on a milling machine (ddr-densho-12-9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-12-9/

img Reference letter for Mr. K. Yanagihara (ddr-densho-26-281)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-281/

doc Letter sent to Yutaka "Tak" Terasaki at T.K. Pharmacy (ddr-densho-319-233)

Correspondence regarding a gift of scotch.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-233/

doc Letter from the Office for Emergency Management, War Manpower Commission (ddr-densho-319-574)

Letter and informational materials about the shortage of manpower available to employers during World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-574/

doc Set of correspondence regarding sale of Godefroy Manufacturing Co. (ddr-densho-319-234)

A series of letters sent regarding the sale of black hair dye to the incarcerated Japanese American community.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-234/

img Men working on a railroad (ddr-densho-353-43)

Captioned: "Snoqualmie Falls crew laying railroad tracks."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-43/

img Seizaburo Mukai's Jackson Theater (ddr-densho-353-95)

Seizaburo Mukai also ran the Atlas, the Circle, and the Rialto theaters.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-95/

img Higo's 5, 10, 15 cent store (ddr-densho-353-101)

The store was located at 671 Weller Street.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-101/

img Two men in the Pacific Market at 12th and Jackson Street (ddr-densho-353-127)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-127/

img Japanese farms near Midlakes (ddr-densho-353-54)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-54/

img A group of men (ddr-densho-353-48)

Workers on bunkhouse steps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-48/

img Block of Japanese businesses (ddr-densho-353-102)

Identified businesses are the dentists Dr. H Kato and Dr. S. Higashida upstairs, with the Welcome Hotel, Sanyo 10 cent store, Gosho Drugs, and the Jackson Street Sanitary barber shop on the street level.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-102/