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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library,
Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Japanese-American Family Photograph Album
Identifier/Call Number: MC313
Physical Description:
1
volume
160 photographs and photographic greeting cards,
ranging from 1.5 x 1 inches to 8 x 10 inches.
Quarto.
Date (inclusive):
1939-1956
Abstract: Family album of
photographs capturing the lives of an un-identified
Japanese-American family before and after the World War II
internment period, with at least one image identified from Tule
Lake Relocation Center.
Physical Location: Researchers should
contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections,
as many are stored offsite.
Scope and Contents
Vernacular photographs capturing the lives of an un-identified
Japanese-American family before and after the World War II
internment period, with at least one image identified from Tule
Lake Relocation Center. The album consists of the traditional
range of subjects and activities recorded in family photograph
albums: baby pictures; families on the front stoops of houses and
at dinner; children at home, on tricycles, and at school; people
in yards and gardens; holiday pictures; and more. In one image, a
young Japanese-American male is shown in a military uniform. Many
of the photographs are annotated – sometimes in English and just
as often in Japanese. In fact, a small percentage of the
photographs likely feature family and friends back in Japan.The
present album is enhanced by a handful of
photographically-illustrated Christmas cards from family friends.
These families are variously identified as "The Shiotsu Family"
(three cards), "The Bob Kuriyama Family," and the Tanakas. The
families identify themselves through their annotations. There is
also a photo-illustrated remembrance card for Sgt. Jimmie
Mayemura, who was killed in the Korean War on November 8,
1951.The most affecting image in the album, of which there are
two copies here, shows a Japanese-American family, apparently
comprised of a grandfather, a young husband and wife, and their
toddler daughter. The verso of one copy of the photograph reads:
"Tule Lake, May 7, 1945 Kiyoko at 19 months. Taken on my
birthday. Faye." The bottom of the verso is stamped in red by the
War Relocation Authority: "W.R.A. BUS. ADV." The verso of the
second copy reads simply: "May 7, 1945. Kiyoko at 19 months." The
same girl, Kiyoko, appears in a second photo dated 1946 in
Chicago, identifying her as one of two "cousins."
[Description provided by William Reese]
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Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information
supplied by William Reese.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William Reese, 2020.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Japanese-American Family Photograph
Album, MC313, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library,
University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- California --
Pictorial works
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation,
1942-1945
Michael and Margaret B. Harrison
Western Research Center
Tule Lake Relocation Center --
Pictorial works