After a day of office work, the Oda sisters like to play their record player and try out the latest ...

1944-02-03

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

WRA no. H-563

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Full title:After a day of office work, the Oda sisters like to play their record player and try out the latest swing records. Ariye (left) is selecting the disks she wants to hear, while her sister, Sumi, is turning the machine on to one of the songs on the Hit Parade. Ariye and Sumi work as cost accountant and stock clerk respectively in Rockford, Illinois, a city of some 90,000 people, 90 miles northwest of Chicago. They formerly lived in Sacramento, California prior to evacuation to the Tule Lake Relocation Center. Photographer: Mace, Charles E. Rockford, Illinois.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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