Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Existence and Location of Copies
Wada Family Biography
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Related Materials
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Wada Family Photographs
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2020.016
Physical Description:
1 box
(12 images)
Physical Description:
.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1925-1940
Abstract: The Wada family photographs features two negatives and ten pre-World War II images of mainly the Wada family as well as some
images of members from the Ushijima family. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.
Language of Material:
English
, Japanese
.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Yoshiko Hayashi (nee Wada) donated this collection to the Gerth Archives and Special Collections while at a "scanning day"
event in 2018.
Existence and Location of Copies
Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and the digitized materials are available at the CSU Japanese American
Digitization Project Site:
Wada Family Photographs
Wada Family Biography
Kamekichi Wada was an Issei (first generation Japanese American) born in Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in 1874. He immigrated
to the United States in 1902 and eventually settled and became a truck farmer in Gardena, California. He later married Tomo
Ikunaga (1884-1960) in 1913 and had four children. Kamekichi's son from a previous marriage, Nobukazu or Nobuichi Norman (1906-1997),
joined his father and new family and immigrated to the U.S. also from Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in 1921. Nobuichi
married Tsushie Ushijima (1907-1998) in 1928 and had six children they named Yoshiko (1929-), Kaoru (1930-2002), Satoru Sam
(1932-2006), Isao (1934-2008), Atsuko Nancy (1935-2002), and Junko (1936-).
Tsushie Ushijima's older brother, Akira James (1903-1989), married Kikue Kay Yamasaki (1915-1980) and possibly had four children
they named Akimitsu James (1932-), Hiroko Grace (1934-), Eiko Alice (1936-), and Tadako Betty (1937-).
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digitial reproductions (239.5 mb) from the original material for long-term
preservation and access. These preservation files were scanned and stored on the Gerth Archives and Special Collections Department
Drive. For more information on the best practices and standards for the digitization process, please see:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project Technical Reference Guide.
Related Materials
This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. Other collections about
the history of Japanese Americans are found in the digital repository:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.
Scope and Contents
The Wada family photographs (circa 1925-1940) features one panorama of a third-grade class from Lawndale School in 1937, as
well as two negatives and nine other pre-World War II images of primarily members of the Wada family.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- California
Japanese American Farmers
Japanese American families
Panoramas
Photographs
Japan
Gardena (Calif.)
Lawndale (Calif.)
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Hayashi, Yoshiko (1929-)