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.

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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."

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

doc Japanese Protest on Market Allotments (November 9, 1915) (ddr-densho-56-274)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 9, 1915, p. 14

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-274/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Japanese Farmers are After Hucksters. Producers Band Together to Eliminate Undesirable Agents From Market. (November 28, 1915) (ddr-densho-56-276)

doc Japanese Farmers are After Hucksters. Producers Band Together to Eliminate Undesirable Agents From Market. (November 28, 1915) (ddr-densho-56-276)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 28, 1915, p. 12

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-276/

img Photograph of farm products arranged in the corner of a building for the Manzanar farm exhibit (ddr-csujad-47-67)

Photograph of farm products arranged in the corner of a building for the Manzanar farm exhibit. A map of North America is hanging on the wall. The produce includes various squash, melons and cucumbers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0102

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-67/

img Photograph of Manzanar farm produce on display in Lone Pine (ddr-csujad-47-63)

Photograph of Manzanar farm produce on display in Lone Pine. Local residents took notice of Manzanar's large farm fields and gardens. Displays of farm produce, such as this one at Chalfant Press in Lone Pine, helped dispel local hostility toward the camp. Farm output for 1943 was 1,666 tons of vegetables, fruit and grain, with nearly …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-63/

img Photograph of fruit at the Manzanar farm exhibit with two people in the background (ddr-csujad-47-64)

Photograph of farm produce at the Manzanar farm exhibit with two people standing in the background. The produce appears to be potatoes and eggplant with corn stalks used as decorations on the posts supporting the open air structure. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0099

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-64/

img Photograph of people walking through the Manzanar farm exhibit (ddr-csujad-47-68)

Photograph of people walking through the Manzanar farm exhibit. Stacks of produce are arranged on picnic benches with herbs hanging from the rafters of the shade structure. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0103

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-68/

img Photograph of vegetables at the Manzanar farm exhibit with two women in the background (ddr-csujad-47-65)

Photograph of vegetables at the Manzanar farm exhibit with two women in the background. The produce appears to be bean pods. Behind the stand several people can be seen, and the faint outline of the entrance sign. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0100

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-65/

img Manzanar farm exhibit, 1943, near Pleasure Park (ddr-csujad-47-62)

Photograph of the concession stands, musical entertainment, and exhibits at the Manzanar Farm Exhibit, 1943. It attracted more than 5,000 incarcerees and local residents to the two-day Fall Fair at the Manzanar incarceration camp. Caption reads: Manzanar farm exhibit, 1943, near Pleasure Park. Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album. See this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-62/

img Photograph of farm products loaded on trailers for the Manzanar farm exhibit (ddr-csujad-47-66)

Photograph of farm products loaded on trailers for the Manzanar farm exhibit. Three trailers are loaded with produce harvested from the Manzanar incarceration camp. Several men are standing near the trailers. A group of children can be seen in the right corner. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0101

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-66/

img [Farmers' stand] (ddr-csujad-5-310)

Photographed are two Japanese farmers holding boxes of tomatoes at farmers stand. A photograph from "Dorothy Ai Aoki photo album" (csudh_oki_0300), page 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_08_002_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-310/

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

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

doc George Toshiyuki Teraoka (ddr-csujad-8-75)

Oral history interview with George Toshiyuki Teraoka. 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 Teraoka, George Toshiyuki

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-75/

doc Kenji Tashiro (ddr-csujad-8-74)

Oral history interview with Kenji Tashiro. 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 Tashiro, Kenji

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-74/

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

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

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

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

doc Shig Domoto (ddr-csujad-8-9)

Oral history interview with Shig Domoto. 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 Domoto, Shig

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-9/

img Man and girl at Oriental Market (ddr-densho-134-20)

This market was located in the Greenwood area of Seattle. (L to R): Mr. Sakai, Mariko Kumasaka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-134-20/

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.

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

img Issei working at greenhouse (ddr-densho-134-29)

This farm and greenhouse complex was located at 85th and Latona in the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle. The flowers and vegetables grown here were sold at the Public Market.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-134-29/

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.

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

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.

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