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[Michiko Fujita photograph album of Japanese Americans in the 1940s]Creator/Contributor:
Fujita, Michiko, creator, creator.Abstract:
Chiefly snapshots, with several portraits, richly documenting Japanese American life shortly before and during the Second
World War. Compiled by Michiko Fujita, a young woman living with her family in California, the album depicts everyday activities,
travels, family, friends and associates. Pre-war highlights include a family visit to Hawaii; scenes on board the Japanese
liner Tatsuta Maru (later renamed Tatuta Maru) en route from San Francisco to Japan, likely in 1940; scenes from Miyajima
and Kusatsu, Japan; and harbor and street scenes of San Francisco. Also well-documented is Michiko's life during her family's
wartime internment at Poston, Arizona war relocation center. Also included are a few scenes of the war relocation center at
Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Other subjects include scenes taken at Sequoia National Park and studio portraits of Japanese, many
in traditional attire. A group portrait of Woodlake Union High School class of 1942 graduates, including Michiko Fujita, indicates
the compiler's place of residence (Woodlake, Tulare County, Calif.) prior to her family's relocation.
Date:
1940 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-hi -- n-us-wy -- n-us-az -- a-ja---Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- California -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- Hawaii -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- Portraits
Portraits, Japanese
Sailors -- Japan -- Photographs
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945 -- Photographies
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- Photographies
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Hawaii -- Photographies
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Portraits
Portraits japonais
Marins -- Japon -- Photographies
Japanese Americans
Portraits, Japanese
Sailors
Japan -- Photographs
United States
California
California -- San Francisco
Hawaii
Japan
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) -- Photographs
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- Photographs
Tatsuta Maru (Ship) -- Photographs
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)
Fujita, Michiko -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected and compiled by Michiko Fujita.
Descriptive hand-written captions provided for most photographs.
Three loose photographs shelved separately in folder.
Purchase ; From Dawson's Book Shop ; 2017.
Michiko Fujita photograph album of Japanese Americans in the 1940s, BANC PIC 2017.048, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Captions chiefly in English; a few in Japanese.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Portraits.
Photograph albums.
Portraits.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 145 photographs in 1 album and 1 folder : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; album 25 x 19 cm
Language:
mul
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Descriptive hand-written captions provided for most photographs.
Three loose photographs shelved separately in folder.