George Yamamoto from Gila River Relocation Center is sharecropping on the Heston farm, Newtown, Pennsylvania, assisted by Tamekichi Fujiwara and ...

1945-07

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

WRA no. G-929

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Full title:George Yamamoto from Gila River Relocation Center is sharecropping on the Heston farm, Newtown, Pennsylvania, assisted by Tamekichi Fujiwara and Sadao Ono, also from Gila. After working for Mr. Heston during 1944, Mr. Yamamoto returned to Gila to get his family. Now they are all at Heston's, and with the help of the Bucks County Board of Assistance, Mr. Yamamoto is sharecropping some of the Heston acreage growing vegetables for the nearby Campbell's Soup Cannery. He and his family share a large farmhouse with the Heston family. Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen Newtown, Pennsylvania.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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