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Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area (Item 9 of 16, “Hauling Asparagus, ca. 1935”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei

It takes about nine years for apple trees to bear enough fruit for commercial harvest. Families planted their orchards, and put in strawberries for quick cash crops.

In 1920, 351 Japanese ...

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Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area (Item 5 of 16, “Clearing Land of Timber, Hood River, OR, ca. 1927”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei

Issei were also hired to clear land for landowners. After timber harvest, stumps were pulled with horses, dynamite, and hard labor to prepare fields for planting. By 1905, as ...

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Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area (Item 3 of 16, “Loading Hay on the Hamada Farm”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei

Some came from traditional farming backgrounds in Japan, but not everyone had experience. They took what work they could get. Mostly young, single men, the first Issei were employed at ...

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Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area (Item 2 of 16, “Working the Orchard”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei

The primary Japanese farming communities of the Mid-Columbia region were located in Oregon's Hood River valley at Dee, Odell, Parkdale, Pine Grove, and Oak Grove. In Wasco County, farming took ...

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Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area (Item 1 of 16, “Hamada Family Orchard, Parkdale, OR, ca. 1920.”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei

Japanese began to arrive in the Hood River area by 1900. Hopes and dreams brought them to this verdant valley along the Columbia River. The promise of a better life ...

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Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area (Item 8 of 16, “Strawberry packing shed, Hood River, OR, ca. 1916”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei

Agriculture is a complex business. Growers must contend with the vagaries of constantly changing climate and markets. Issei joined the local apple growers associations to facilitate getting their crops to ...

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Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area (Item 7 of 16, “Dee, OR, ca. early 1920s”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei

As livelihoods became more certain, men sent for their wives. The Issei women were often surprised by their circumstances but persevered, working alongside their husbands, often in very rustic conditions. ...

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Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area (Item 16 of 16, “Picking Strawberries near Mt. Hood, Oregon”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei

Many Nikkei families still farm in the Hood River area, but the dynamics have changed. Children choose other lines of work. People work at professional jobs and keep the farm ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 123 of 200, “Irrigating winter pasture at the Gila River Relocation Center in Rivers, Arizona.”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: Not Provided ARC Identifier: 538619 Local Identifier: 210-G-D658 Creator: Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946) ( Most Recent) Type of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials Level ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 117 of 200, “Evacuee farmers are here harvesting Daikon at Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona.”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Evacuee farmers are here harvesting Daikon, a large radish like vegetable which is a ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 129 of 200, “Fred K. Fuji is pictured with stocks, which are ready to be harvested at Gila ...”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Fred K. Fuji, former owner and operator of the Fuji Nursery Co., of Berkeley, ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 127 of 200, “U. Shine is shown loading Napa plants, which will be threshed for seed at Gila ...”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. U. Shine, former vineyard farmer from Kingsburg, California, is shown loading Napa plants, which ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 175 of 200, “S. Hanasaki, former vegetable seed specialist, is shown examining carrots at Gila River Relocation Center, ...”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. S. Hanasaki, former vegetable seed specialist from San Jose, California, where he owned his ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 167 of 200, “George Takemoto, instructor at the dairy farm school, milks a cow at Gila River Relocation ...”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. George Takemoto, former resident of Ventura County, California, now evacuee instructor at the dairy ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 164 of 200, “Y.T. Sakoda, enrolled in the dairy school, is shown feeding calves at Gila River Relocation ...”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Y.T. Sakoda, former vegetable worker from Guadalupe, California, is now enrolled in the dairy ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 163 of 200, “Fred K. Fuji is pictured with stocks, which are ready to be harvested at Gila ...”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Fred K. Fuji, former owner and operator of the Fuji Nursery Co., of Berkley, ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 158 of 200, “Kelly Ishimoto waters two months old bell pepper plants at Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, ...”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Kelly Ishimoto, former farmer from Del Rey, California, waters two months old bell pepper ...

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Gila River Relocation Center - National Archive Items (Item 151 of 200, “S. Hanasaki, former vegetable seed specialist, is shown examining onion plants at Gila River Relocation ...”)
Collected by: misacowee
Scope & Content Note: The full caption for this photograph reads: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. S. Hanasaki, former vegetable seed specialist from San Jose, California, where he owned his ...