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.
Industry and employment
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The Push and Pull Boys (ddr-jamsj-1-29)
Landscapers working in front of the Sumitomo Bank of California.

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Martin, George, Alex, Tom, George, & Mr.Idemoto (ddr-jamsj-1-20)
Landscapers working in front of the Sumitomo Bank of California.

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Plumbers Hard it (ddr-jamsj-1-16)
Landscapers working in front of the Sumitomo Bank of California.

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Kay Kawasaki and George Yuki (ddr-jamsj-1-23)
Landscapers working in front of the Sumitomo Bank of California.

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Fred, Roy, Yone, Harry, George, Kangi, & Chet (ddr-jamsj-1-25)
Landscapers working in front of the Sumitomo Bank of California.

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Don "Moon" Kikuchi 1955-1956 (ddr-jamsj-1-215)
Don "Moon" Kikuchi was the Garden City Gardeners' Club President from 1955 to 1956.


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Seizaburo Mukai's Jackson Theater (ddr-densho-353-95)
Seizaburo Mukai also ran the Atlas, the Circle, and the Rialto theaters.

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Men working on a railroad (ddr-densho-353-43)
Captioned: "Snoqualmie Falls crew laying railroad tracks."



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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.
