Shown here are Mr. and Mrs. Unosuke Oku and their grandson, David, son of Masao Oku, florist at Wright and ...

1945-07-12

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

WRA no. -123

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Full title:Shown here are Mr. and Mrs. Unosuke Oku and their grandson, David, son of Masao Oku, florist at Wright and Bailey Avenues in Mountain View, California. While Mr. Oku is 70 and his wife is 53, both are actively employed in the Oku Nursery. The Okus voluntarily evacuated to Denver, Colorado, and returned in April of this year to the nursery of their sons, Masao and Leonard, and soon were in production of carnations and other blooms. The nursery is under the management of Masao Oku, who with his wife, Alice, and son, David, are now members of the Mountain View colony of florists supplying many of the blooms for the famous San Francisco wholesale shops. Leonard Oku, his wife, Iko, and infant son, Thomas, recently left Mountain View to accept the management of a florist business in Denver. It was in Denver that young Oku wooed and won his wife during evacuation. The Okus have found no difficulty in finding wholesale markets for their flowers. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Mountain View, California.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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