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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-145-3)

History and organization of the Alaska canneries

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-145-3/

img Photo of eight men in the woods (ddr-densho-483-224)

Sepia photo of eight men posed in the woods. Caption on album page: "Pictures taken in Alaska" written in white ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-224/

vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-171-16)

Memories of Puyallup Assembly Center: meeting people from Alaska

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-171-16/

img Cabin quarters (ddr-densho-15-37)

Yozo Sato reads during the voyage to Alaska. Sleeping on a bunk was a luxury. Most passengers had to sleep on cots.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-37/

img Takeo Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-32)

Photograph of a Takeo Isoshima leaning on a bridge railing. The caption below the photo is "Visiting Alaska" written in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-32/

img Group sitting in field (ddr-densho-383-246)

Toshimi Nishimura standing at back right. Bob Higashida on far left with George Tokuda next to him, in front. Possibly taken in Alaska.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-246/

vh June Takahashi Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-88-10)

Incarceration of men, women, and children in Petersburg, Alaska jail

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-10/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-55-6)

Business opportunities in postwar Alaska, land speculation and salmon eggs

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-6/

Wada, Famous Jap Musher, Comes Into His Own in North. After Spending Nearly Twenty Years in Alaska, and Making Many Extraordinary Journeys, He Strikes Gold. (July 21, 1912) (ddr-densho-56-214)

doc Wada, Famous Jap Musher, Comes Into His Own in North. After Spending Nearly Twenty Years in Alaska, and Making Many Extraordinary Journeys, He Strikes Gold. (July 21, 1912) (ddr-densho-56-214)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 21, 1912, pp. 14, 15

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-214/

img Two men washing canned salmon (ddr-densho-15-90)

Fred Kosaka (left) and (first name unknown) Takehara wash cans of salmon that have just been cooked. Washing was necessary to remove debris produced during the cooking process.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-90/

img Two men fishing for trout (ddr-densho-15-91)

Fred Kosaka (top) and (first name unknown) Sano fish for Dolly Varden, a type of trout. The two men were in Alaska to work in the canneries.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-91/

img Salmon cannery (ddr-densho-15-88)

Mike Petrakov unloads salmon onto a conveyor belt for processing. Many Japanese Americans also worked for this same cannery.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-88/

img Workers traveling to canneries (ddr-densho-15-21)

These cannery workers are aboard the steamship "Aleutian" on its way to Alaska. Three individuals are identified: Hiroshi Yamada (middle front), Hiro Nishimura (right front), and Kenny Nakatani (back right).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-21/