Flora Ninomiya Segment 8

Description of siblings (ddr-densho-1000-473-1) - 0:03:01
Mother's family background (ddr-densho-1000-473-2) - 0:04:30
Father's family background: grandfather' established a nursery business (ddr-densho-1000-473-3) - 0:05:33
Father's immigration as a teenager (ddr-densho-1000-473-4) - 0:07:26
Description of small family nursery (ddr-densho-1000-473-5) - 0:05:22
Memories of the San Francisco Flower Market (ddr-densho-1000-473-6) - 0:07:49
Family's reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1000-473-7) - 0:06:02
Mother's family's wartime experiences (ddr-densho-1000-473-8) - 0:04:07
Childhood memories of Amache (ddr-densho-1000-473-9) - 0:12:58
Family friends in camp (ddr-densho-1000-473-10) - 0:05:19
Leaving camp, receiving help from a family friend (ddr-densho-1000-473-11) - 0:13:34
Hearing of few families returning after the war (ddr-densho-1000-473-12) - 0:05:48
The impact of wartime experiences on family (ddr-densho-1000-473-13) - 0:09:25
Working in family's nursery business, studying horticulture in college (ddr-densho-1000-473-14) - 0:05:05
Brother's work in the nursery business (ddr-densho-1000-473-15) - 0:07:50
Learning about the nursery business from flower growers overseas (ddr-densho-1000-473-16) - 0:12:35
Changes in the flower growing industry due to government regulation (ddr-densho-1000-473-17) - 0:11:35
Changes in the family's nursery business over the years (ddr-densho-1000-473-18) - 0:07:09
Reflections (ddr-densho-1000-473-19) - 0:10:51
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Mother's family's wartime experiences

0:04:07 — Segment 8 of 19

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March 13, 2019

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Flora Ninomiya

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Flora Ninomiya Interview

2:26:31 — 19 segments

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March 13, 2019

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Emeryville, California

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Nisei female. Born April 8, 1935, in Richmond, California. Grew up in Richmond, where grandfather established a flower nursery business. During World War II, removed to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Returned to Richmond and resumed the family business after the war.

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Virginia Yamada, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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