Title:
George Shoji is shown on the tractor and Joseph Sakamoto and George Ike are throwing cabbage onto the truck. The ...
Date:
1944-09-17
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:George Shoji is shown on the tractor and Joseph Sakamoto and George Ike are throwing cabbage onto the truck. The
three families, related by marriage, came to this farm near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, from Rohwer Relocation Center. They operate
the farm on shares and live in two houses on the farm. They have 120 acres of land, of which 50 acres are 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. The Shoji, Ike, and Sakamoto families came to Wisconsin from Rohwer Relocation Center. Prior to evacuation,
Shoji was a vineyard and cotton farmer near Fresno, California. Joseph Sakamoto had been farming for many years near San Martin,
California, and George Ike was in the cleaning business in Isleton, California.<lb/> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/> Elkhorn,
Wisconsin.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. I-494
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George Shoji is shown on the tractor and Joseph Sakamoto and George Ike are throwing cabbage onto the truck. The ...