Rokuro Okubo stops his tractor to talk to a Chicago District Office relocation officer, W. W. Lessing (back to camera) ...

1944-09-19

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

WRA no. I-613

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Full title:Rokuro Okubo stops his tractor to talk to a Chicago District Office relocation officer, W. W. Lessing (back to camera) about the prospects for his corn crop. Mr. Okubo is farming 120 acres, mostly in corn and soy beans, for his employer, a Chicago professional man. Mr. Okubo, his wife, and three daughters, Phyllis, age 2; Joan, age 4; and Virginia, age 8, live in a modern home on the estate-type farm. They came to the farm near Palatine, Illinois, from Granada Relocation Center in April, 1944. Prior to evacuation, they lived in Los Angeles where Mr. Okubo operated a vegetable market. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Palatine, Illinois.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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