Yoneguma Takahashi Photo Album, 1900-1940

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Summary

Creators:
Takahashi, Shiego, 1917-2003
Abstract:
This collection includes one photograph album compiled by Shigeo "Johnny" Takahashi, Yoneguma Takahashi's younger brother. It contains family portraits, military photographs from Japan, Korea, and China, and photographs of Yoneguma's fruit stand in San Pedro, California. The photograph album has been digitized and is available online.
Extent:
1 box
Language:
Japanese , English .
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Background

Scope and content:

The Yoneguma Takahashi Photo Album (1900-1940) contains one photo album compiled by Shiego "Johnny" Takahashi, Yoneguma Takahashi's younger brother. It includes family portraits, Japanese military photographs of young men, as well as travel photographs from China and Korea. It also contains images of Yoneguma Takahashi's fruit stand in San Pedro and images of Shiego in Palos Verdes.

Biographical / historical:

Youneguma Takahashi was born to Shigeta and Ema Takahashi on November 24, 1909. He lived in California till his family moved back to Japan. Takahashi returned to the United States and owned a fruit and vegetable stand in San Pedro from 1938-1939. His younger brother, Shiego Takahashi (1917-2003), was a clerk at the stand. During World War II, Yoneguma's wife and children and Shiego were forcibly removed to the Poston incarceration camp in 1942. After the war, Yoneguma's family moved to Garden Grove, California, while Shiego moved to Chicago, Illinois. Shiego eventually moved back to Garden Grove.

Processing information:

The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digital reproductions (5.79 gb, 182 files) from the original material for long-term preservation and access. These preservation files were scanned to 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.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japanese Americans -- California

Access and use

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Location of this collection:
University Library, 5th Flr (5039)
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747, US
Contact:
(310) 243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
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