In their new home in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb, young Stanley Tomita, the son of Tad Tomita, an Issei, ...

1944-01-28

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

WRA no. I-19

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Full title:In their new home in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb, young Stanley Tomita, the son of Tad Tomita, an Issei, and his wife, a Nisei, enjoys the rare privilege of a banana, while his mother writes letters to friends in the Granada Relocation Center, where they lived prior to relocation. Mr. Tomita has secured work as Produce Manager for the main line Co-op Store at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He formerly lived in Los Angeles, where he graduated from the College of Agriculture, University of California at Berkeley, with a BS in 1936. Mrs. Tomita attended Yuba Junior College, in Marysville, California. The couple lived in Stockton, California before their evacuation. Photographer: Parker, Tom Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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