Title:

Mr. and Mrs. Shungo Shimomura relocated in August from Colorado River Relocation Center to Philadelphia with five of their eight ...

Date:

1944-10

Subject:

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs

Full title:Mr. and Mrs. Shungo Shimomura relocated in August from Colorado River Relocation Center to Philadelphia with five of their eight children. The family is now living on the farm of A. L. Ritchie and his son, Joshua Sharpless Ritchie. On the 120-acre farm, Mr. Ritchie has about 1200 layers and raises about 3000 chickens yearly and grows peaches and pears, five kinds of apple, and cherries (the sweet cherry orchard is believed to be the only one of its kind in southern N.J.). Mr. Shimomura is now helping with the picking, sorting, and packing of fruit. During the winter months he will trim trees and help with the poultry. In addition to being very much interested in the fruit raising, Mr. Shimomura has expressed particular interest in vines and flowers on the farm. There is a beautiful wisteria vine growing up the trunk of a large tree and there are two catalpa trees in his yard which he was very surprised to find growing on the East Coast. He is enthusiastic about his work and said he wanted to report back to camp because he thought older men like himself might be interested in coming New Jersey, too.<lb/> Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen<lb/> Riverton, New Jersey.

WRA no. G-743

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Collection:

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement