Mrs. Kiye Iyoya is shown at work with two Caucasian workers in the kitchen of the Elms Hotel in Excelsior ...

1944-09-22

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

WRA no. I-480

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Full title:Mrs. Kiye Iyoya is shown at work with two Caucasian workers in the kitchen of the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Her husband is also employed as barman at the same hotel. Mrs. Iyoya, formerly of San Mateo, California, relocated from the Topaz, Utah, Relocation Center on April 11, 1944, to join her husband who had relocated some six months previously. Accompanying her was her daughter, Violet, age 11, who is now attending grammar school and enjoying her new environment immensely. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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