Bento carrier and boxes with box cover

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Alameda Japanese American History Project
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ddr-ajah-6-402 (Date, Uchi-bento carrier-035)

Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection

Caption below photo: When Uchi Date arrived in American on December 30, 1912, she brought clothing and other necessary items. But she also brought this fanciful, if somewhat cumbersome bento carrier, with 13 separate boxes to hold enough hand made Japanese food fro a picnic's worth of friends. The front cover, seen leaning against the box, slides down from the top to install. The unpainted wood is the inside of the front cover. A metal handle adorns the top of the box. Still in good condition, it was found while cleaning out a basement. She settled in Alameda, CA, with husband Hajime.

c. 1912

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Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project, Densho

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