Title:

George Morishita, Jim Yasukawa and another mechanic are repairing one of the 220 taxis operated by the Sun Cab Company ...

Date:

1944-07-06

Subject:

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

Full title:George Morishita, Jim Yasukawa and another mechanic are repairing one of the 220 taxis operated by the Sun Cab Company of Baltimore, Maryland. Jim and George came to Baltimore from the Jerome Relocation Center. Five other evacuees, including Jim's brother Ted, are employed in the cab company's big garage. Before evacuation the Yasukawa family lived in Stockton, California, and operated a farm near Sacramento. Jim was a block manager at Jerome until he left for Baltimore in March, 1944. Two months later Mrs. Yasukawa and their baby daughter, Norrie Jean, also left the center to join Mr. Yasukawa in Baltimore. Ted is unmarried and worked in the commissary at Jerome. He now lives with his brother in Baltimore. Their parents and a sister are living in Washington, D.C. George Morishita got his present job soon after coming to Baltimore in December, 1943. In March he returned to Jerome and brought back with him to Baltimore his wife and their one year old daughter, Maeona. Prior to evacuation, George was employed in the office of a Japanese exporting company in San Diego, California. At Jerome, he taught business law and economics in the high school.<lb/> Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen<lb/> Baltimore, Maryland.

WRA no. G-621

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Collection:

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement