Full title:This group of resettlers is gathered in the attractively furnished living room of Mr. and Mrs. Eishichiro George Koiwai, Issei from the Minidoka Relocation Center, in their new home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From left to right are their son Pfc. Eichi Karl and his bride, the former Chiyo Tamaki of Tule Lake, Minidoka, and St. Louis, whom he married on September 3, 1944 ; Mr. and Mrs. Koiwai, Sr. ; Pvt. Peter Kenmore, a classmate of Eichi Karl at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia; Dr. George Wada, resident physician at Stetson Hospital, Philadelphia, and formerly on the hospital staff at Poston; and Chiyo's sister Gay, who was visiting from Washington, D.C. Not shown is Mr. and Mrs. Koiwai's younger son, Toshiyuki Henry, who attends Temple University and works part-time at the Philadelphia headquarters of the American Friends Service Committee. Mr. Koiwai formerly had his own cleaning business in Seattle and is now employed by a large Philadelphia cleaning establishment. Mrs. Koiwai works part time at a food packing concern near her home. the Koiwai family occupies the first and third floors of a large frame house, and freely uses the porches and gardens with the owner who lives on the second floor.<lb /> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb /> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
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