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JS: So did you go to Lincoln Elementary School?

RN: Lincoln, uh-huh.

JS: Okay, so your classmates from Lincoln came over.

RN: Yeah. And then [inaudible].

JS: Uh-huh. So your classmates at Lincoln, they were all from west Fresno?

RN: Oh, yeah.

JS: And so they were a mix of Italian and German?

RN: Yeah.

JS: And some Japanese?

RN: Yeah.

JS: Oh, that must have been really special. So then they would come over and visit the dolls. Did you do a similar thing when your daughter was growing up? Did you set up the dolls for Girl's Day?

RN: Yeah. she used to...

JS: At the house?

RN: We used to invite her class.

JS: Oh. You continued that? Wow. That's nice. And then there was another set. Did your sister have a set of dolls, too, your sister Alice?

RN: I don't know.

JS: You don't remember?

KN: Remember Uncle Johnny, he was afraid during World War II that they would think that if they found these Japanese dolls, you might be... so what happened?

RN: Uncle Johnny destroyed them. He didn't want to get involved with Japan. And so... but we didn't even touch ours.

JS: Where did you store the dolls and your belongings?

RN: In back of that restaurant.

JS: In back of the restaurant.

RN: Yeah.

JS: Huh, I see.

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