Farmers' markets and stands

Farming cooperatives allowed growers to purchase equipment and supplies at lower cost as well as market their products more effectively. A Japanese grower could place his produce on consignment with a Japanese packer-shipper who would sell the produce to a Japanese fruit-stand operator. In areas where the Japanese were successful in agriculture, a burgeoning community of flower and produce vendors sprang up in the local marketplace. The farmers market in Seattle and other West Coast cities were heavily populated by Japanese Americans before World War II.

Farmers' markets and stands (40)

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doc Is There Discrimination at the City Market? (September 24, 1911) (ddr-densho-56-207)

The Seattle Daily Times, September 24, 1911, p. 6

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-207/

doc Japanese Still Deal in Pike Place Market (December 9, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-531)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 9, 1941, p. 13

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-531/

img Women working in greenhouse (ddr-densho-134-5)

Easter Lilies had to bloom and be delivered to markets a few weeks before Easter Sunday. These women are wrapping the lilies in protective tissue paper, preparing them for delivery.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-134-5/

vh Fumiko Uyeda Groves Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-10-10)

Growing up in prewar Seattle, being babysat by "the Market"

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-10-10/

doc Mamoru Kuramoto (ddr-csujad-8-33)

Oral history interview with Mamoru Kuramoto. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Kuramoto, Mamoru

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-33/

img Tomato Festival in Niland, California (ddr-densho-242-2)

Caption by Ike Hatchimonji:: "Kumezo Hatchimonji probably 1954, Niland, California, Tomato Festival, shown with local youngster. Kumezo was owner of Valley Seed Co. in Niland."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-242-2/

img Stall at the Public Market (ddr-densho-34-123)

Two Japanese Americans in front of a stall at the Public Market. The Public Market is also known as the Farmers Market and the Pike Place Market.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-123/

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.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-136-5/

img Junction Produce Co. (ddr-densho-131-1)

This Issei-run produce store was located at the intersection of Bothell Way and 10th Avenue NE in Seattle, Washington.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-131-1/

img Public market produce stand (ddr-manz-10-129)

Original caption: "South Gate store, 1933. Produce section of market my parents ran. Sister Grace was only 11-12 years old working long hours."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-129/

vh Masao Watanabe Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-103-3)

Prewar family business selling produce at the Public Market

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-103-3/

av An Oral History with Seiko Ishida (ddr-csujad-29-11)

Retired Kibei teacher recounts samurai parents' background and their immigration to Seattle, Washington; socioeconomic composition of Seattle's Japanese community; earlier teacher training; prewar stays in Japan as a child and as a tutor in a missionary family; experiences as a teacher in the wartime resettlement in New York; and postwar return to Los Angeles. This ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-11/

img Tsuneo (ddr-densho-258-16)

A man poses in front of a fruit and vegetable stand. Caption below: "Tsuneo."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-258-16/

img Farmers at the Public Market (ddr-densho-28-1)

By World War I, Japanese American farmers occupied 70 percent of the stalls at the Public Market. They continued to be an economic force until they were incarcerated during World War II. Left to right: Kiyoto Hashimoto, Tame Kamada, and Takayoshi Suguro. The Public Market is also known as the Farmers' Market and the Pike Place ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-28-1/

doc Half of City's Japs Have Gone (May 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-781)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 1, 1942, p. 4

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-781/

img Family in front of greenhouse (ddr-densho-134-14)

By the late 1930s, many Issei-operated floral greenhouses existed in the North Seattle area. The flowers were sold at Seattle's Public Market, retail stores, and wholesale companies.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-134-14/

img Child in front of greenhouse (ddr-densho-134-15)

By the late 1930s, many Issei-operated floral greenhouses existed in the North Seattle area. The flowers were sold at Seattle's Public Market, retail stores, and wholesale companies.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-134-15/

vh Masao Watanabe Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-103-6)

A diverse community at the Public Market

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-103-6/

vh Masao Watanabe Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-103-4)

Role of Japanese produce sellers in the Public Market

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-103-4/

doc Masao Okamura (ddr-csujad-8-57)

Oral history interview with Masao Okamura. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Okamura, Masao

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-57/

doc Fred Hirasuna (ddr-csujad-8-88)

Oral history interview with Fred Hirasuna. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Hirasuna, Fred

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-88/

img Fruit Stand (ddr-densho-258-18)

A wide view of the front of the Park Rose Fruit Market, advertising fruit and vegetables and covered in awnings. A man stands below one of the awnings. Caption below: "Fruit Stand."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-258-18/