Title:
Mrs. Umeko Shimomura shops for groceries at the Cooperative grocery store managed by Harry Hiraoka at Moorestown, N.J. Mr.
and ...
Date:
1944-10
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:Mrs. Umeko Shimomura shops for groceries at the Cooperative grocery store managed by Harry Hiraoka at Moorestown,
N.J. Mr. and Mrs. Shimomura relocated with five of their eight children to Philadelphia from the Colorado River Relocation
Center in August, 1944. They soon moved to the Ritchie fruit and poultry farm in nearby Riverton, N.J., where Mr. Shimomura
is helping with the picking and packing of fruit. Mrs. Shimomura helps Mrs. Ritchie with her canning and preserving and in
turn Mrs. Ritchie, who used to be a teacher, is helping Mrs. Shimomura with her English. The Shimomuras have their own house
on the farm and the children attend a nearby school. In addition to chatting with Harry Hiraoka at the grocery store and visiting
his family, the Shimomura have had other visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Tadao Ted Mimura, Mr. and Mrs. Heijiro Moriuchi,
and their son Takashi, and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight T. Uchida.<lb/> Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen<lb/> Moorestown, New Jersey.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. G-735
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Mrs. Umeko Shimomura shops for groceries at the Cooperative grocery store managed by Harry Hiraoka at Moorestown, N.J. Mr.
and ...