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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doc Suggestion Award to Takeo Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-397)

An award given to Takeo Isoshima by the Veterans Administration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-397/

img Mitzi Nakahara and Tamae Yanase (ddr-densho-477-94)

Photograph of Tamae Yanase (left) and Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima (right). The caption below reads "7 yr. old Tamae / Worked 1 year for Yamases" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-94/

doc Suggestion Award to Takeo Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-396)

An award given to Takeo Isoshima by the Veterans Administration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-396/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Mas Wakai (ddr-densho-498-44)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai requesting work and education for Mary Harada and Terry Masuda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-44/

img Narrator pointing at Heart Mountain painting Tom Ikeda is holding (ddr-densho-506-34)

Oral history narrator pointing to a mountain in a painting of the Heart Mountain camp that appears to be a of an incarceration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-506-34/

img Electrical Department warehouse 348 (ddr-csujad-3-1)

Posed group photo of the Electrical Department in front of a building at Tule Lake with department sign. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-3-1/