Man looking out from outdoor shower

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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection

Caption below photo: After a long day of picking cantaloupes by hand, and Issei man, likely from Oakland, CA., cleans up in a makeshift shower. He was working in the Turlock vicinity of the Central Valley of California, where cantaloupes were grown due to the favorable weather. circa 1922

c. 1922

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Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project, Densho

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