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Shizuto Kawamura and three sons sitting on beach (ddr-ajah-6-10)
Caption below photo: Kawamura family at Enoshima, a popular resort area in Japan, circa 1950. They moved from Alameda, CA., to Japan after shout was hired as an engineer at a Tokyo steel mill. He could not find a job in engineering in America. Names identified: George, Seigi, Shizuto, Jiro
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Passport photo for Spring Kido Kawamura and sons (ddr-ajah-6-13)
Caption below photo: Spring Kido Kawamura's passport photo while in Japan, December 1954. She will use her passport to permanently return to American. She was a Nisei born in Alameda, CA. Her boys, left to right are George, Jiro and Seiji. It may not show on her face, but she was very happy to return to …
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Shizuto Kawamura family outside house (ddr-ajah-6-11)
Caption below photo: Shizuto and Spring Kawamura family in the backyard of their western style two story house, owned by the steel mill company where Shizuto worked. Both Spring and Shiz were from Alameda, CA., USA. Right after World War II ended the Kawamuras lived in Yokohama (1945-54), where this home is located. They would live …
