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The new Methodist Hostel at 3508 South Normandie, Los Angeles, which opened June 12, 1945, to accommodate 70 people eventually. ...
Published
1945-06-25
Full Collection Name
War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 circa 1941-1947
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WRA no. H-785
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The Bancroft Library
Note
Full title:The new Methodist Hostel at 3508 South Normandie, Los Angeles, which opened June 12, 1945, to accommodate 70 people eventually. It occupies the former Westlake Chapel of the Japanese Methodist Church next door, of which Rev. Yuzuru Yamaka is again minister as well as hostel manager. The Yamaka family returned June 1 from Amache, and when this picture was taken Rev. Yamaka's son George and his family were visiting them from Nevada where George is in business. Shown are (left to right): Wesley Yamaka, 16; Mrs. Masako Yamako, George's wife; little Miss Georgianne, George's daughter; Rev. Yuzuru Yamaka and his wife; Pvt. William Yamaka; George Yamaka; Pvt. Woodrow Yamaka. Woodrow was with the 442nd Infantry overseas, and William, also with 442nd, was a prisoner of war in Germany. A fifth son, the oldest, also a Nisei, was in business in the Philippines when war broke out and has not been heard from since.<lb /> Photographer: Mace, Charles E.<lb /> Los Angeles, California.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
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