The Sierra Co-Op Service, a Pasadena service station and garage at 250 Mary Street, Pasadena, is operated by John Oshima ...

1945-05-25

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

WRA no. H-683

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Full title:The Sierra Co-Op Service, a Pasadena service station and garage at 250 Mary Street, Pasadena, is operated by John Oshima and Joe Nawa. Joe, who relocated recently in Pasadena after first going from Rohwer to Chicago and Detroit in 1943, is shown giving pre-war service to the windshield of the customer's car. Johnny is collecting the necessary A coupons. Johnny was never in a center, having lived in Los Angeles and moved to Idaho before the evacuation order. He is reporting for active Army duty this June. Joe formerly lived in Norwalk, California. The Sierra Co-Op is part of a nation-wide cooperative movement, and this service station is one of the two Sierra Co-Op retail outlets in Pasadena. Johnny and Joe are both enthusiastic about the Co-Op movement. Photographer: Mace, Charles E. Pasadena, California.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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