Prior to evacuation, Mr. Jack Kamikihara, age 40, Issei, owned a photographic studio in San Francisco, California. Before going into ...

1944-09

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 circa 1941-1947

WRA no. I-579

Image

The Bancroft Library

Full title:Prior to evacuation, Mr. Jack Kamikihara, age 40, Issei, owned a photographic studio in San Francisco, California. Before going into business, he attended the New York Photographic School for five years. Last week he relocated to Omaha, Nebraska from the Heart Mountain Center, and is now employed with the Murray Photographic Studio with two other Issei employees. Although Mr. Kamikihara is employed as a darkroom worker, his employer states that he has been making himself useful as an all-around man in the studio. In the picture, Mr. Kamikihara is shown spotting a portrait. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Omaha, Nebraska.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

Researchers may make free and open use of the UC Berkeley Library’s digitized public domain materials. However, some materials in our online collections may be protected by U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use (Title 17, U.S.C. § 107) requires permission from the copyright owners. The use or reproduction of some materials may also be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, privacy and publicity rights, or trademark law. Responsibility for determining rights status and permissibility of any use or reproduction rests exclusively with the researcher. To learn more or make inquiries, please see our permissions policies (https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies).