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MA: So then you moved to Santa Monica, Los Angeles, near Los Angeles in 1936.

LS: Yes.

MA: So why did your father decide to make that move?

LS: Well, he decided to quit the farming because they ran into depression and all that. So he went to Santa Monica and started gardening, and that's what he did 'til the war broke out.

MA: Did he have his own business?

LS: Uh-huh, and he had one hired hand.

MA: And who were some of his customers in his business?

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LS: Then there was Lana Turner.

MA: The famous actress, right?

LS: That actress. But his favorite was Loretta Young, she was a beautiful, beautiful woman.

MA: Wow, so he was working for some pretty high-profile people.

LS: Uh-huh. And he had, she had given him some pictures of her in one of those beautiful ballroom gowns, you know. I don't know whatever happened to those. But she was a beautiful woman, though.

MA: Do you know how he got connected with these people?

LS: That I don't know. I think through his reputation of being a good gardener.

MA: Was it pretty common, then, for Isseis to go into gardening, especially in California?

LS: Uh-huh, that and nursery, there was quite a few nurseries.

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