Full title:Mrs. Ayako Okubo is preparing pears for canning. Beside her on the sink are jars of canned pears and of wild grape jelly, the wild grapes having been picked on the farm which her husband is operating near Palatine, Illinois. Mrs. Okubo has canned over 100 quarts of vegetables and fruits and expected to add another 80 quarts before the season ended. Much of her canning and most of the family's vegetables this summer have been gathered from her own victory garden. Between her garden and her three children, and her housework, Mrs. Okubo is a busy women but says that she is happy because her children are so comfortably situated.<lb /> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb /> Palatine, Illinois. Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
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