Small business

Japanese American businesses, such as groceries, fish shops, laundries, barbershops, public bathhouses, restaurants, drugstores, and dry goods stores, sprang up in communities along the West Coast. Women and children were vitally important to these "mom and pop" enterprises, as their free labor allowed the family to survive and even prosper during lean times.

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vh Homer Yasui Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-one-7-26-4)

Memories of the Yasui Brothers store

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vh George Iseri Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-40-8)

Helping father make grocery deliveries

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vh George Azumano Interview Segment 23 (ddr-one-7-32-23)

Starting a travel agency

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vh Grace Hata Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1003-10-6)

Parents' prewar "chop suey" restaurant

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vh Ruby Inouye Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-143-10)

Hectic life helping with family's restaurant business in Seattle's Nihonmachi

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vh May Ohmura Watanabe Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-454-2)

Parents open a produce store in Chico, California

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vh May Ohmura Watanabe Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-454-3)

Helping in the family's store as a child

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vh Tad Sato Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-82-3)

Father's retail business in Seattle's Japantown

Due to technical difficulties, this interview has audio problems in its second half.

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-62-9)

Discussion of the new Uwajimaya store

Filmed on location.

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-62-7)

The family's decision to expand and move the store

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-62-3)

Uwajimaya's produce section

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-62-2)

The introduction of pan-Asian products at Uwajimaya

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-62-10)

Being a part of Seattle's International District community: growth, change, leadership

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-62-5)

Various roles siblings play in running Uwajimaya, Inc.

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-62-6)

The deli section at Uwajimaya

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-62-1)

Walkthrough of Uwajimaya's seafood kitchen

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-62-4)

The importance of noodles at Uwajimaya

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vh Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-299-4)

Father opens photo studio which caters to Hollywood customers

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vh Richard Murakami Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-64-11)

Father's role in importing oysters from Japan

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vh Richard Murakami Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-64-7)

Growing up in a station house on pilings, family's Oyster Packing Co.

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vh Richard Murakami Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-64-22)

Quitting school to help with the oyster business

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vh Richard Murakami Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-64-15)

Family business: Eagle Oyster Packing Company

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vh Richard Murakami Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-64-9)

Memories of helping at the family's oyster business

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vh Richard Murakami Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-64-8)

Moving to Nahcotta, Washington

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vh Helen T. Sasaki Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-505-12)

Family's movie theater business

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