Title:
Torazo Matsumoto, Issei from the Gila River Relocation Center, is harvesting tomatoes on the farm of Herman S. Heston, Newtown,
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Date:
1944-08
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:Torazo Matsumoto, Issei from the Gila River Relocation Center, is harvesting tomatoes on the farm of Herman S.
Heston, Newtown, Bucks County, Pa. He is the eldest of the five Issei who were obliged by neighbors' protests to leave another
farm at Great Meadows, N.J., shortly after arriving there in April, 1944, from Gila River. A few days later the men were employed
by Mr. Heston through the WRA relocation office in Philadelphia. Mrs. Matsumoto and three of their seven children, Tande,
Natsumi, and Noboru, are still at Gila River. Four married daughters live in and around Chicago. Mr. Matsumoto was a farmer
near Whittier, Calif., prior to evacuation in April, 1942, and worked on the farm at Gila River. Mr. Heston speaks well of
Mr. Matsumoto and the other Issei working for him. I have found them loyal, hard-working, clean, and pleasant to work with,
he said. We like them a lot and have a high regard for them.<lb/> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/> Newtown, Pennsylvania.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. I-300
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Torazo Matsumoto, Issei from the Gila River Relocation Center, is harvesting tomatoes on the farm of Herman S. Heston, Newtown,
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