Interior of Higo Ten-Cent Store
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-16-3 (Legacy UID: denshopd-p16-00003)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
The Higo Ten-Cent Store, established in the early 1900s by Sanzo Murakami and his wife Matsuyo, is one of the last prewar Japanese American businesses in Seattle's International District, formerly known as Nihonmachi. The store sold a wide variety of American- and Japanese-made goods to the surrounding Issei and Nisei community.
DATE
Early 1900s
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Aiko Studio (photographer)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Murakami Family Collection
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted