Japanese-American Woman in Postwar California Photo Album, 1948-1952

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Summary

Abstract:
Photographs documenting the midcentury life, family, friends, and classmates of a young Japanese-American woman identified only as "Annie."
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Japanese-American Woman in Postwar California Photo Album, MC372, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs documenting the midcentury life, family, friends, and classmates of a young Japanese-American woman identified only as "Annie." Many of the images are portraits, with a great deal of them inscribed to Annie in the image area, including other Japanese-American men and women, as well as some white women.

The album includes a series of about twenty portraits of Annie's friends and classmates which also include printed name cards mounted with the portraits; searches of some of the names indicate the subjects in the present album most likely emanate from in and around Sacramento, California, though there is some indication here that Annie may have had a Chicago connection. In addition to the portraits, the album includes images of Annie and others posed with family (with two images inscribed to Annie from her brother Jimmie), with cars sporting California license plates, enjoying time at the beach (likely Santa Monica), at school and camp, and more.

A short series of pictures features Annie and a friend in traditional Japanese dress at some sort of celebration. Two of the images feature young Japanese-American men in military uniforms. They seem to date from the early-1950s, when Annie appears to be in high school, or perhaps college.

Information provided by McBride Rare Books, 2024.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from McBride Rare Books, May 2024.
Processing information:

Vanessa Cardona Ocegueda created the finding aid with information provided by McBride Rare Books, 2024.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored off site.
Physical description:
48 leaves, illustrated with 162 photographs, ranging from thumbnail portraits to about 3.5 x 3 inches, in mounting corners. 12mo. Contemporary red patterned cloth, with "SNAPS" stamped in silver on front cover and spine.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Japanese-American Woman in Postwar California Photo Album, MC372, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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