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[Furuta family photograph album of Japanese Americans in Oakland, Calif.].
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[Furuta family photograph album of Japanese Americans in Oakland, Calif.]Abstract:
Family photograph album depicting everyday lives of various members of the Furuta family of Oakland, Calif. between the mid-1910s
and mid-1920s, with an emphasis on the social and leisure activities of young men Yoichi Furuta and Denge Furuta, both in
their late teens/early twenties during this time. Topics include nature outings, time with friends, baseball teams (including
Fuji Club), motorcycle riding, etc. Locations are chiefly in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in California, with
specifically identified locales including Oakland, Muir Woods, Mt. Tamalpais, a University of California (Berkeley?) medical
building classroom, Santa Cruz and Monterey. Includes images of students at high school and college, a few young men in military
uniforms (World War I) and family members at home and elsewhere. A few images includes the caption "Future D.D.S '25". One
image shows family members posing at the grave of Denge (1900-1922) in Mountain View Cemetery. Among the other identified
Furuta family members depicted in the album are Yuki, Ben and George Easter.
Date:
1914 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJapanese Americans -- California -- Photographs
Japanese American families -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Leisure -- California -- Photographs
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- Photographies
Familles américaines d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- Oakland -- Photographies
Loisir -- Californie -- Photographies
Japanese American families
Japanese Americans
Leisure
California
California -- Oakland
Furuta family -- Archives
Furuta family -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Multiple photographers. Compiler unknown.
Some album leaves include hand-written descriptive annotations, many of them faded and illegible.
Purchase from McBride Rare Books ; 2022.
Per U.S. Census of 1910 and 1920, the Furuta family household of Oakland, Calif. included Hamaza Furuta (father), Teru Furuta
(mother) and their children Yoichi (son), Denge (son), Yuki (daughter), Ben (son), [George] Easter (son), Hiroku (daughter)
and Asao (son).
Furuta family photograph album of Japanese Americans in Oakland, Calif., BANC PIC 2022.117, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicArchives
Photographs
Photograph albums.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 180 photographs in 1 album : gelatin silver prints ; prints various sizes, album 15 x 22 cm
Language:
English