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DG: Okay. So Tak, let's talk about your situation.
TH: My name is Takashi Hori and I operated the Panama Hotel from 1938 to 1986. We got into the hotel business 1929. I believe my father bought the Yale Apartment at 6th and Columbia, and in 1938 he sold that and bought the Panama Hotel at 6th and Main.
DG: Now, where was your father from?
TH: My folks were from Kumamoto, Japan. Came to the United States, I believe my father came here 1906 I believe, and my mother around 1916.
DG: And what was he doing at that time?
TH: Why working odd jobs. I believe he worked different places, mostly in the saw mills.
DG: And did you also then, live in the hotel?
TH: Oh, yes. I mean, what I remember is at that apartment we did live in the apartment, and then when we went to the hotel, everybody lived at the hotel.
DG: So we'll talk some more about that then.
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