Title:
George Shoji is shown at work on the farm which he and his brother-in-law, George Ike, together with George Ike's ...Date:
1944-09-17Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--PhotographsNote:
Full title:George Shoji is shown at work on the farm which he and his brother-in-law, George Ike, together with George Ike's
father-in-law, Joseph Sakamoto, are operating on shares near Elkhorn, Wis. The farm includes 120 acres, of which 50 acres
were planted in cabbage, 10 in potatoes, 15 in corn, and 10 each of onions and carrots. Crops were good this year except for
the onions and carrots which did not do well. George Shoji was formerly a resident of Fresno, California, and came to Wisconsin
from Rohwer Relocation Center to which he had transferred from Tule Lake. He was a vineyard and cotton farmer near Fresno
prior to evacuation.<lb/> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/> Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. I-496
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Voices in Confinement: A Digital Archive of Japanese-American Internees