Timber
Japanese immigrants (Issei) replaced Chinese workers after the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act went into effect. Laborers were recruited by contracting companies to cut timber and work in sawmills. In rare instances, Issei women joined their husbands, living among the other workers in segregated shantytowns.
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Japanese men in suits (ddr-csujad-25-2)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Five photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include Japanese men in suits. Also includes a photograph of a timber mill. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_002

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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-43)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are three photographs and one postcard. A photograph of a Japanese man posing in front of a timber mill is included. The photograph appears to be taken in the early 1900s in Washington. Another photograph captures Japanese children, which was probably taken in …

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Scenic photographs (ddr-csujad-25-24)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Three scenic photographs are pasted on the page. Include railroads, a house cart, and lumber mills. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_024

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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-294)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Some photographs are taken at the beach. One of the photographs depicts a Japanese man riding a horse. The photographs are taken in the early 1900s. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_10_01_002

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Port Blakely sawmill (ddr-densho-34-84)
Torazo "Slab Harry" Nakao (in the white hat) and his co-workers at the Port Blakely sawmill on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Port Blakely is located on the southeast end of Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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Port Blakely sawmill (ddr-densho-34-69)
This sawmill employed many Issei during the early 1900s. Port Blakely is located on the southeast end of Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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Three men and a boy standing next to a fallen tree (ddr-densho-34-26)
Left to right: unidentified boy, Kaichi Seko, unidentified Buddhist minister, and Zenkichi Harui.

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Three men and a boy sitting on a logged tree (ddr-densho-34-21)
Left to right: Zenkichi Harui, unidentified Buddhist minister, Kaichi Seko, and an unidentified boy on a logged tree. The saw was built by Mr. Harui. The area shown is the future site of Bainbridge Gardens.

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Japanese Labor Must Go. Unions of Snohomish County Will Fight Orientals to the End. (March 30, 1904) (ddr-densho-56-40)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 30, 1904, p. 5

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Japanese Organize Lumber Pool Here. Uniform Import Policy Planned. (December 31, 1938) (ddr-densho-56-486)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 31, 1938, p. 3

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Japanese on Strike. Four Hundred Mill Hands Object to Having Wages Cut. (January 19, 1905) (ddr-densho-56-49)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 19, 1905, p. 14

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Poindexter Favors Oriental Labor. (September 10, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-181)
The Seattle Daily Times, September 10, 1910, p. 6

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Japanese Guard Their Mill. Say White Men Attempted to Wreck the Establishment. Armed Workmen and Jiu Jitsu Wrestlers Awaiting Trouble. (December 14, 1904) (ddr-densho-56-47)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 14, 1904, p. 4

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Logging crew (ddr-densho-124-30)
Raisuke Tamura (left) visits an issei logging crew at Selleck, Washington. Raisuke sold Japanese goods and food to the workers living in Selleck.

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Issei man at Selleck camp (ddr-densho-124-14)
Raisuke Tamura standing on a tree stump at the Japanese camp in Selleck, Washington. This camp housed Japanese laborers who worked for the Pacific States Lumber Company. Raisuke sold Japanese goods and food to the people living in Selleck.

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Issei workers at Selleck camp (ddr-densho-124-29)
These workers are sitting outside their housing at the Japanese camp in Selleck, Washington. Selleck was the site of the Pacific States Lumber Company.

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Selleck sawmill housing (ddr-densho-178-8)
According to the photo donor, white sawmill workers' housing is in the background, and Japanese American workers' housing is in the foreground.
