Men leaving for Alaska
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-15-38 (Legacy UID: denshopd-p15-00038)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
These Japanese Americans are en route to Alaska to work in the canneries. Several can be identified: "Turk" Fujiya and Jim Yoshida stand fifth and sixth from the left; Ben Uyeno and George Yano stand third and second from the right. Ben Uyeno later became a well-known doctor in Seattle's Japanese American community. He was interviewed by Densho on June 1, 1998.
DATE
c. 1939
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
FACILITY
CREATORS
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Mitsuoka Family Collection
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted