Title:
Alma's Beauty Salon, owned and operated by Alma Sakamoto Collier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sakamoto, formerly of ...Date:
1945-06-26Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--PhotographsNote:
Full title:Alma's Beauty Salon, owned and operated by Alma Sakamoto Collier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sakamoto, formerly
of the Colorado River Relocation Center, just opened her new shop at 1411 Kern Street, Fresno. Alma returned to Fresno from
Poston on March 19, and on May 1, was joined by her parents. Alma is shown behind the counter of her new shop with Kiyo Ohashi,
an assistant operator from Madera, California. Miss Ohashi returned to Madera with her parents from the Rohwer Relocation
Center on March 11. Alma has been a beauty operator for about 18 years; since 1933 she owned and operated her own shop in
Fresno. She states that many of her former patrons have come back to her shop. The flowers and greenery in the foreground
and many others were presented to her on her opening day by former patrons and friends.<lb/> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/>
Fresno, California.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. I-965
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