PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-493-13

PARENT COLLECTION

Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection

DESCRIPTION

Surgeon's inspection card for Buichiro Itabashi's journey on the S.S. Shinano from Kobe, Japan, to Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. . Itabashi's name appears misspelled on the card. Front of card reads: "INSPECTION CARD / (Immigrants and Steerage Passengers)." Filled portion of card reads: "Port of departure, Kobe, Japan. Date of departure, JUL 26th 1902 / Name of ship, SHINANO-MARU / Name of Immigrant, [illegible] Isahashi, / Last residence, Hiroshima / Inspected and passed at Kobe, (Hiogo,) Japan [stamped U.S. CONSULATE, KOBE, JAPAN]. Passed at quarantine, port of: Port Townsend Quarantine. (Date.) AUG 13 1902 Passed by Immigration Bureau, Port of: [illegible]. (The Following to be filled in by ship’s surgeon or agent prior to or after embarkation.) Ship’s List or manifest, 15 No. Or ship’s list or manifest [blank or illegible]. Writing in Japanese at upper left; stamped "SEATTLE" upper right. Back of card reads "VACCINATED. / (Signature or Stamp.) [stamped] / "Keep this card to avoid detention at Quarantine and on Railroads in the United Stated." (sic) Message translated into seven additional languages.

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection, Densho

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