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OBJECT ID

ddr-csujad-38-107 (CSUJAD Local ID: nao_01_23_004, CSUJAD Project ID: csudh_nao_0110)

PARENT COLLECTION

CSU Dominguez Hills George and Mitzi Naohara Papers

DESCRIPTION

George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten note describing his business at the Tule Lake camp in California. English translation: Geroge Naohara made postcards, adding his illustrations on blank cards, and sold them at the Post Exchange at the Tule Lake camp where his old friend worked. George's friend helped him to sell his postcards at the store. The friend used to be a intermediary for vegetables at a market on the 7th Street, Downtown Los Angeles before the war, purchasing lettuces for retailers in Long Beach. Because George and he were acquaintances for a long time, the friend agreed to help George to sell the postcards at the his work place at the Tule Lake. George mail ordered a printer and printed images on postcards, working with Atsushi Art Ishida and George Kimura who resided in Block 7 at the camp. They purchased a blank postcard at 1 cent and sold a printed postcard at 30 cents. They earned 250 dollars for each share and left for Chicago to reestablish their lives. Item from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 23. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_23_004

CONTRIBUTOR

CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

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