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Color and black-and-white films, ca. 1930s-1960s, of activities of the Yamada family in Los Angeles, California.

This black-and-white segment, from the late 1930s, shows the view west along First Street in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo district; the exterior of the Kawafuku restaurant at 204-1/2 E. First St., with signs in Japanese; a view east along First St.; a streetcar rolls past Iwaki Drugs; a person carries a large floral arrangement into Kawafuku (01:01).

Credits: Yamada Family Collection, Gift of Tsuneko Yamada, Japanese American National Museum (2005.104.1). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

HNRC — Last modified Aug 25 2012 2:17 p.m.


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