Title:

It did not take the George Yamasaki youngsters long to find some friendly Caucasian playmates when they arrived in Sunnyvale ...

Date:

1945-07-10

Subject:

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

Full title:It did not take the George Yamasaki youngsters long to find some friendly Caucasian playmates when they arrived in Sunnyvale from Heart Mountain a fortnight ago. Shown here, they are photographed with Delano and Eddie Kirkish, whose father owns the largest department store in Sunnyvale, California. The Yamasaki family is housed temporarily with Tsunekichi Sasao and his daughter, Bessie, who is employed as a secretary in the San Jose office of WRA. And what makes the arrangement more chummy is both families are occupying the old home until the Mike Kirkish family, department store operators, can find housing and make the big Sasao home available to them. We are a bit crowded but being back home is worth a lot of inconvenience is the way Bessie put it. Shown here left to right, front row are: Delano Kirkish, Clark, Herbert, Pearl and Eugene Yamasaki. Back row: Mrs. Helene Yamasaki, Bessie Sasao, her father, Tsunekichi, and Eddie Kirkish. Everyone old enough is hard at work in the California fruit harvest.<lb/> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/> Sunnyvale, California.

WRA no. -100

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Collection:

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement