George Rokutani in small race car
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Alameda Japanese American History Project
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OBJECT ID
ddr-ajah-6-865 (1935_Rokutani-George-and-his-quarter-midget-race-car)
PARENT COLLECTION
Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption below photo: George Rokutani. He built this quarter-midget race car. He owned an auto repair garage on Park Street in Alameda, across from what is now the "Market Place." Around the time this photo was taken George would travel across the country to see the Indianapolis 500 speed race in person. (Information courtesy Mikami family, photo 1935) Quarter Midgets have been around in one form or another since before World War II. (per Wikipedia)
DATE
c. 1935
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OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
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CONTRIBUTOR
Alameda Japanese American History Project
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project, Densho
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
