Boxes from Uchi Date's Bento carrier

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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection

Caption below photo: Uchi Date's stackable bento boxes, without the outer box to carry all of these smaller boxes together. She brought it with her from Japan in 1912. Uchi lived with her husband, Hajime, in Alameda, CA.

c. 1912

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Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project, Densho

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