Black and white silent amateur footage, ca. 1930's, primarily of Japanese American business and family life in Los Angeles, California.

This brief segment shows two women in a yard; one turns earth with a shovel; the other poses among Japanese garden elements (00:22).

Credits: Soshiro Kiyama Collection, Gift of Hiroko Roppiyakuda, Japanese American National Museum (2004.7.1). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.