Kay Sunahara, Akira Taniguchi, and Lillian Funakubo, Nisei boarders, are pictured on the front steps of the pleasant boarding house ...

1944-09-19

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

WRA no. -633

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Full title:Kay Sunahara, Akira Taniguchi, and Lillian Funakubo, Nisei boarders, are pictured on the front steps of the pleasant boarding house operated by Mr. and Mrs. Toyone Maeda, who are standing behind their tenants. The boarding house has accommodations for 14 persons. All of the Maedas' tenants at present are resettlers. Mr. and Mrs. Maeda came to Chicago from Manzanar by way of Utah, where they operated a farm at Hannibal, Utah, for about a year after leaving the center. Prior to evacuation they were hog raisers at Buena Park, California. One of their two sons, Jimmy, is attending high school in Chicago, and their other son, Sam, is attending a chick sexing school in Pennsylvania. In addition to their boarding house, the Maedas have a small trucking business in Chicago. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Chicago, Illinois.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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