George Bungaro Tani Photographs, circa 1900-1944

Summary

Abstract:

This collection contains 31 negatives and prints about George Bungaro Tani's life. It includes family pictures and photographs of Los Angeles and the Granada incarceration camp.

Extent:

1 boxes

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

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Background

Scope and content:

The George Bungaro Tani Photographs (circa 1900-1944) includes 31 negatives and prints about George Bungaro Tani's life. The collection contains family pictures, portraits, group photos, and photos of Los Angeles and the Granada incarceration camp. The images in Los Angeles include a movie shoot in the Santa Monica Canyon, George Tani's bamboo furniture store located on Spring Street, Free Methodist Japanese Mission, Kuroda Electrical Works, and the Sugiyama Employment Agency. Also included are three photos at the Granda incarceration camp. One of the photos is of Tani, who was 73 when he was incarcerated, and another is a group photo inside a barrack.

Biographical / historical:

George Bungaro Tani was born in Japan in 1872. Before 1905, Tani opened a bamboo furniture store that sold wholesale and retail bamboo furniture, mattings, and Japanese art on Spring Street in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, Tani, and most likely his son, Jiro, moved to the Granada incarceration camp. Jiro was drafted to fight the war in 1945. After the incarceration camps closed, Tani and his son moved to Denver, Colorado. In 1953, Tani died in Los Angeles, California.

Acquisition information:

Library acquisition.

Processing information:

This collection was processed by Jennifer Hill in 2020. Negatives were removed from original envelopes, but are were kept with the collection.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. For more information: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.

Alternative form available:

The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digital reproductions from the original material for long-term preservation and access. These preservation files were scanned to and stored on the Gerth Archives and Special Collections Deparment Drive. For more information on the best practices and standards for the digitization process, please see: CSUJAD Techincal Reference Guide

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation
Japanese American families
Portraits

Names:

Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp
Tani, George Bungaro

Places:

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History
Santa Monica (Calif.)

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Location of this collection:

California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections

University Library, 5th Flr (5039)

1000 E. Victoria Street

Carson, CA 90747, US

Contact:

(310) 243-3895

archives@csudh.edu

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