Title:

With light heart and a prayer of thanks that the big job of relocation is over for him, Tom Tomizo ...

Date:

1945-07-10

Subject:

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs

Full title:With light heart and a prayer of thanks that the big job of relocation is over for him, Tom Tomizo Yamasaki, recent arrival in San Jose from Heart Mountain, preps prune trees on the ranch near Mountain View, California. The Yamasaki family, twelve strong, are housed in a new modern bungalow on the Neilson ranch. Two daughters, Margarite and Irene, and Tome, Tom's sister, found employment in Palo Alto homes a few days after arriving at their new home. With us, Tom said, people seem even more friendly than before evacuation. Much has happened to us since returning and it has all been good. Tom reports everyone old enough is working in the fruit harvest who is not otherwise employed. Located with Tom are his sister, Tome, and his father, Tomitaro, 76, and mother, Tochi, 72. His own family consists of his wife, Kiyoko, and the following children: Margarite, 20; Irene, 19; Alice, 17; Thomas Shoichi, 15; Edith, 12; Kenji, 8; Joyce, 4.<lb/> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/> Mountain View, California.

WRA no. K-136

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Collection:

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement