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Black & white silent amateur footage of K.M. Akiyama Co., located at 115 N. San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, filmed by Mr. Noritake, ca. 1936-1941.

This segment includes images of an Akiyama Co. truck; the facade of the K.M. Akiyama Co. store; workers unloading trucks and stacking crates on the sidewalk; workers opening crates and tracking inventory on clipboards (02:48).

Credit: Masao Akiyama Collection, Gift of Yoshio Akiyama, Japanese American National Museum (92.14.1). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

HNRC — Last modified Aug 21 2012 9:29 p.m.


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