Mrs. Umeko Shimomura, Mrs. Joshua Ritchie, and Mollie Ritchie in the living room of the Ritchie home. Mrs. Shimomura has ...

1944-10

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

WRA no. G-736

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Full title:Mrs. Umeko Shimomura, Mrs. Joshua Ritchie, and Mollie Ritchie in the living room of the Ritchie home. Mrs. Shimomura has been spending some of her spare time studying English with the help of Mrs. Ritchie, who used to be a school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Shimomura relocated from Poston to Philadelphia in August, 1944. They soon moved to the Ritchie fruit and poultry farm in nearby Riverton, N.J., where they now have their own house. Mr. Shimomura works on the farm while Mrs. Shimomura voluntarily helps Mrs. Ritchie around the house and with canning and preserving. Five of the Shimomura children are in schools nearby, two older girls work in Philadelphia, and there is a son in the U.S. Army Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen Riverton, New Jersey.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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