Title:
Peter Omachi, formerly of Tule Lake, Topaz, and Loomis, California, works on the $135,000 farm leased by Hi Korematsu, formerly
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Date:
1945-03-19
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:Peter Omachi, formerly of Tule Lake, Topaz, and Loomis, California, works on the $135,000 farm leased by Hi Korematsu,
formerly of Topaz and Oakland, California. Mr. Omachi has a wife and six children living on the Korematsus' farm. The younger
children attend a little yellow school house located near the Korematsus' main farm house, and the older children are driven
to high school three miles away by Mrs. Korematsu each day. They are well liked in school. Mr. Korematsu needs additional
farm workers immediately and for those who stay permanently on the 800-acre irrigated truck gardening farm, Mr. Korematsu
will give a bonus at the end of each year based on profits. Single men who are skilled can earn $125 per month plus room and
board, and married men will receive $140 per month, housing and groceries at wholesale prices. Mr. Korematsu has $30,000 worth
of equipment including tractors, trucks, discs, harrows, etc. Mr. Korematsu's address is Route No. 1, Shelton, Nebraska.<lb/>
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/> Shelton, Nebraska.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. I-845
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Peter Omachi, formerly of Tule Lake, Topaz, and Loomis, California, works on the $135,000 farm leased by Hi Korematsu, formerly
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