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 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.

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

img Aerial photograph of Union Bay farms (ddr-densho-136-29)

This photograph shows the area of Seattle, Washington which is currently known as the University District. What used to be Issei-operated Union Bay farms is now an upscale shopping mall. Issei farmers grew vegetables on this land which were sold at the Public Market and produce wholesale houses.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-136-29/

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.

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

img Fruit stand (ddr-densho-128-9)

(L to R): Miss Hara and Rev. Matsumoto at Hara's Fruit Stand in Wapato.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-9/

av An Oral History with J.S. Kishiyama and Y. Kishiyama (ddr-csujad-29-3)

Reflections of an elderly Orange County, California couple on their experiences in America. He recounts his years as an immigrant; she discusses her family background, makeup of Japanese-American community, and rural living. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, California State University, Fullerton; interview conducted by Pat Morgan. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-3/

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 oral …

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

img Block 21 group photo (ddr-manz-10-154)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-154/

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."

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

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."

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

img Tsuneo (ddr-densho-258-16)

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

https://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 …

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

img Japanese fruit store in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-64)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2012. 30 March 49 / NRS Construction Project: / Typical fruit shop in metropolitan / Tokyo area showing the sale of many / varieties of mikon (citrus) and / apples. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-64/

img Issei at the Public Market (ddr-densho-36-46)

These Issei farmers are at the Public Market, in Seattle, Washington. By the World War I, Japanese Americans occupied seventy percent of the market's stalls. Here, they are donating vegetables to needy families. The Public Market is also known as the Farmer's Market and Pike Place Market. Original museum description: Japanese farmers had sold fruits and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-46/