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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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Photos of lumber mill workers (ddr-densho-353-36)
img Photos of lumber mill workers (ddr-densho-353-36)
Captioned: "Lumber mill owned by S. Tsukata."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-36/
A group of men with motorcycles (ddr-densho-353-419)
img A group of men with motorcycles (ddr-densho-353-419)
Photo taken at the Kenneton Sawmill.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-419/
Skeur's Mill from the west side of the lake (ddr-densho-353-44)
img Skeur's Mill from the west side of the lake (ddr-densho-353-44)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-44/
A group of sawmill workers (ddr-densho-353-45)
img A group of sawmill workers (ddr-densho-353-45)
Captioned: "An integrated sawmill crew."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-45/
Group of men, women, and children (ddr-densho-353-21)
img Group of men, women, and children (ddr-densho-353-21)
Sawmill workers in Port Blakely. Caption in album: "The sawmill drew many workers."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-21/
A cigar shaped raft on the Columbia River (ddr-densho-353-155)
img A cigar shaped raft on the Columbia River (ddr-densho-353-155)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-155/
Masahachi Nakata and a friend check logs (ddr-densho-353-157)
img Masahachi Nakata and a friend check logs (ddr-densho-353-157)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-157/
Barneston's Japanese Community (ddr-densho-381-175)
doc Barneston's Japanese Community (ddr-densho-381-175)
A report prepared for the Seattle Water Department that discusses the history of Japanese immigration and community in Barneston, Washington, including a transcript of Yoshi Hibiya's oral history.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-175/
Large group of men outside sawmill (ddr-densho-383-379)
img Large group of men outside sawmill (ddr-densho-383-379)
Kameki Inouye pictured in group. Written on mat frame: "Grandfather Inouye, sawmill".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-379/
Postcard photograph of Tsunezo Tokuda with rifle. (ddr-densho-383-430)
img Postcard photograph of Tsunezo Tokuda with rifle. (ddr-densho-383-430)
Written on back of postcard: "Grandpa Tokuda. Between 1905-1910".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-430/
Large group of men outside sawmill (ddr-densho-383-378)
img Large group of men outside sawmill (ddr-densho-383-378)
Kameki Inouye pictured in group.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-378/
Two men working in sawmill (ddr-densho-383-377)
img Two men working in sawmill (ddr-densho-383-377)
One of the two men is Kameki Inouye.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-377/
Postcard photograph of logging crew (ddr-densho-383-429)
img Postcard photograph of logging crew (ddr-densho-383-429)
Postcard from Tsunezo Tokuda to Clara Pokiswinski. Written on back of photograph: "J.T. [To] Miss Clara Pokiswinski, Mukilteo."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-429/
Postcard photograph of four men with rifles (ddr-densho-383-428)
img Postcard photograph of four men with rifles (ddr-densho-383-428)
Postcard from Tsunezo Tokuda to Clara Pokiswinski. Tsunezo Tokuda pictured second from left. Written on back of postcard: "How are you? [To] Miss Clara Pokiswinski, Mukilteo, Wash."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-428/
Memories of growing up in Mukilteo (ddr-densho-383-621)
doc Memories of growing up in Mukilteo (ddr-densho-383-621)
Likely written by George Tokuda, signed "Dad"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-621/
Port Blakely sawmill (ddr-densho-34-84)
img 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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-84/
Port Blakely sawmill (ddr-densho-34-69)
img 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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-69/
Three men and a boy standing next to a fallen tree (ddr-densho-34-26)
img 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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-26/
Three men and a boy sitting on a logged tree (ddr-densho-34-21)
img 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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-21/
Man in bulldozer (ddr-densho-359-1436)
img Man in bulldozer (ddr-densho-359-1436)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1436/
Man in front of tree (ddr-densho-359-1433)
img Man in front of tree (ddr-densho-359-1433)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1433/
Man poses with felled tree (ddr-densho-359-716)
img Man poses with felled tree (ddr-densho-359-716)
Caption in album is written in Japanese. Joe Kawamoto
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-716/
Cleared forest path (ddr-densho-359-1434)
img Cleared forest path (ddr-densho-359-1434)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1434/
Two women pose with felled tree (ddr-densho-359-1435)
img Two women pose with felled tree (ddr-densho-359-1435)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1435/
David Sakura Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-513-1)
vh David Sakura Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-513-1)
Memories of growing up in a Japanese village, a town sponsored by a lumber mill
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-513-1/
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