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39th Annual Conference of the Pacific Japanese Mission : Santa Maria : June 28-July 3, 1938.
39th Annual Conference ...
1938 June 28-July 3
 
Title
39th Annual Conference of the Pacific Japanese Mission : Santa Maria : June 28-July 3, 1938.
Date
1938 June 28-July 3
Description
A large group of people stand outside of the Christ United Methodist Church, Santa Maria, at the 39th Annual Conference of the Pacific Japanese Mission.
A Japanese employee threshing calendulas by hand at Burpee's Foradale Farms, Lompoc : 1939.
A Japanese employee thr...
1939
 
Title
A Japanese employee threshing calendulas by hand at Burpee's Foradale Farms, Lompoc : 1939.
Date
1939
Description
A Burpee worker holds a pitchfork upwards near mounds of harvested calendula plants some of which are laying on a ground tarp.
Carpinteria Boy Scout Troop with Kenji and Tom Ota in front of Carpinteria Union School : 1926. Kenji left of banner, Tom directly behind banner.
Carpinteria Boy Scout T...
1926
 
Title
Carpinteria Boy Scout Troop with Kenji and Tom Ota in front of Carpinteria Union School : 1926. Kenji left of banner, Tom directly behind banner.
Date
1926
Description
Boy Scouts stand in front of Carpinteria Union School; two boys hold sign, "Boy Scouts Troop I Carpinteria." Image originally obtained from Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
Elizabeth Ezaki Brown, William Ezaki, Ruth Ezaki and James Ezaki with the mother under the Carpinteria grapevine, the largest grapevine in the world. Carpinteria : 1913.
Elizabeth Ezaki Brown, ...
1913
 
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Elizabeth Ezaki Brown, William Ezaki, Ruth Ezaki and James Ezaki with the mother under the Carpinteria grapevine, the largest grapevine in the world. Carpinteria : 1913.
Date
1913
Description
Four Ezaki children, Elizabeth, William, Ruth, James, and their mother stand under a pergola with grapevines trained on it. Image originally obtained from Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
Evacuation of the Santa Maria Japanese to Tulare Assembly Center from the Christ United Methodist Church, 219 N. Mary Dr., Santa Maria : April 30, 1942.
Evacuation of the Santa...
1942 April 30
 
Title
Evacuation of the Santa Maria Japanese to Tulare Assembly Center from the Christ United Methodist Church, 219 N. Mary Dr., Santa Maria : April 30, 1942.
Date
1942 April 30
Description
Military personnel with back to camera watch people who stand outside the Christ United Methodist Church in Santa Maria with boxes, trunks and bags in piles on the ground, for evacuation to Tulare Assembly Center.
Grave stone inscribed in Japanese, Evergreen Cemetery, Lompoc.
Grave stone inscribed i...
undated
 
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Grave stone inscribed in Japanese, Evergreen Cemetery, Lompoc.
Date
undated
Description
Grave stone at Evergreen Cemetery, Lompoc, with the following inscritption, "Salchi Nakamura 1875-1929," and three columns of Japanese characters.
Ichiro Ota, active in track and basketball at Lompoc High School. Graduated in 1936.
Ichiro Ota, active in t...
circa 1936
 
Title
Ichiro Ota, active in track and basketball at Lompoc High School. Graduated in 1936.
Date
circa 1936
Description
Close up photograph of Ichiro Ota.
James Ezaki, Ruth Soko Ezaki and William Ezaki aged between 2 and 4 years, sitting in a watermelon patch, Carpinteria : 1909.
James Ezaki, Ruth Soko ...
1909
 
Title
James Ezaki, Ruth Soko Ezaki and William Ezaki aged between 2 and 4 years, sitting in a watermelon patch, Carpinteria : 1909.
Date
1909
Description
Young James Ezaki, Ruth Soko Ezaki and William Ezaki sit in a Carpinteria watermelon patch. Image originally obtained from Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
Japanese employees cutting and stacking sweet pea seeds at the Floradale Farms, grown by the Burpee Seed Company : 1939 ; mules were used in this operation until the 1950s.
Japanese employees cutt...
1939
 
Title
Japanese employees cutting and stacking sweet pea seeds at the Floradale Farms, grown by the Burpee Seed Company : 1939 ; mules were used in this operation until the 1950s.
Date
1939
Description
At Floradale Farms, Burpee Seed Company employees work in sweet pea field. Also in the field are mules and a flatbed truck with a sign on truck door, "Burpee Seeds Grow."
Japanese employees screening seed by hand for Burpee Seeds : Lompoc : 1939.
Japanese employees scre...
1939
 
Title
Japanese employees screening seed by hand for Burpee Seeds : Lompoc : 1939.
Date
1939
Description
Three hatted men stand in field screening seed by hand for Burpee Seeds, Lompoc. One employee shovels soil onto shallow screen tray that the other two men hold.
Japanese employees threshing by hand at W. Atlee Burpee Company, Floradale Farms, Lompoc : 1939.
Japanese employees thre...
1939
 
Title
Japanese employees threshing by hand at W. Atlee Burpee Company, Floradale Farms, Lompoc : 1939.
Date
1939
Description
At Floradale Farms, Lompoc, W. Atlee Burpee Company workers use pitch forks on dried stalks in field; in background three other people stand.
Japanese Fashion Show : Jamboree, Lompoc High School, La Purisima : 1936 ; ten percent of the 1936 class graduating from Lompoc High School was Japanese ; the influence of the Orient prevailed when the students chose to include a Japanese Fashion Show in their Jamboree ; yearbook photo, 1936.
Japanese Fashion Show :...
1936
 
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Japanese Fashion Show : Jamboree, Lompoc High School, La Purisima : 1936 ; ten percent of the 1936 class graduating from Lompoc High School was Japanese ; the influence of the Orient prevailed when the students chose to include a Japanese Fashion Show in their Jamboree ; yearbook photo, 1936.
Date
1936
Description
High school students in traditional Japanese attire pose in front of floral backdrop at the Japanese Fashion Show at Lompoc High School, La Purisima. Ten percent of the 1936 graduating class was Japanese.
Japanese Union Church of Santa Maria Triple Celebration : October 2, 1949. (20th Anniversary, completion of self support, and Rev. Y. Oshita's 20th year pastorate).
Japanese Union Church o...
1949 October 2
 
Title
Japanese Union Church of Santa Maria Triple Celebration : October 2, 1949. (20th Anniversary, completion of self support, and Rev. Y. Oshita's 20th year pastorate).
Date
1949 October 2
Description
A few dozen people sit at two long tables with additional people standing and sitting around a room's perimeter for the Triple Celebration at the Japanese Union Church of Santa Maria.
June Tokuyama as a young girl in Lompoc, about 1930. She was a 1938 Lompoc High School graduate and a member of the Scholarship Society.
June Tokuyama as a youn...
circa 1930
 
Title
June Tokuyama as a young girl in Lompoc, about 1930. She was a 1938 Lompoc High School graduate and a member of the Scholarship Society.
Date
circa 1930
Description
June Tokuyama wears traditional Japanese clothing and sits on couch.
Kenji Ota and Bobby Bates sitting in front of play house, Carpinteria : 1926.
Kenji Ota and Bobby Bat...
1926
 
Title
Kenji Ota and Bobby Bates sitting in front of play house, Carpinteria : 1926.
Date
1926
Description
Two boys, Kenji Ota and Bobby Bates sit by a small play house. Image originally obtained from Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
Mas Honda, a Japanese employee of the Burpee Seed Company : Lompoc : 1939 ; he is seen here on the left, sewing cages to isolate the seed specimens.
Mas Honda, a Japanese e...
1939
 
Title
Mas Honda, a Japanese employee of the Burpee Seed Company : Lompoc : 1939 ; he is seen here on the left, sewing cages to isolate the seed specimens.
Date
1939
Description
Mas Honda and another man sew cloth at cabinet sewing machines at Burpee Seed Company, Lompoc.
Miyoko Iwamoto, Lompoc High School, Class of 1939. Miyoko was known as "Miyo." Her family was among those who were evacuated from the California coast in 1942.
Miyoko Iwamoto, Lompoc ...
circa 1939
 
Title
Miyoko Iwamoto, Lompoc High School, Class of 1939. Miyoko was known as "Miyo." Her family was among those who were evacuated from the California coast in 1942.
Date
circa 1939
Description
Close up photograph of Miyoko Iwamoto.
Mochi Tsuki : pounding of the rice cake for New Year at Harry Miyake's House, Guadalupe : December 1948.
Mochi Tsuki : pounding ...
1948 December
 
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Mochi Tsuki : pounding of the rice cake for New Year at Harry Miyake's House, Guadalupe : December 1948.
Date
1948 December
Description
Outside of Harry Miyake's house, Guadalupe, three men swing mallets toward stump mortar to pound rice cake for the New Year (Mochi Tsuki).
Mr. Hayashi and Mr. Tabuchi, Japanese workers using the hand flower seed planters : 1939.
Mr. Hayashi and Mr. Tab...
1939
 
Title
Mr. Hayashi and Mr. Tabuchi, Japanese workers using the hand flower seed planters : 1939.
Date
1939
Description
Japanese workers, Mr. Hayashi and Mr. Tabuchi, walk in field and each pushes a small hand flower seed planter.
Mr. Sakanashi, a Japanese foreman at the Burpee Seed Company, Lompoc : 1933. He lived on the Burpee property in a house provided by Burpee.
Mr. Sakanashi, a Japane...
1933
 
Title
Mr. Sakanashi, a Japanese foreman at the Burpee Seed Company, Lompoc : 1933. He lived on the Burpee property in a house provided by Burpee.
Date
1933
Description
Mr. Sakanashi stands near young plants in a garden that has rows on string between poles. Two-story building is in background.
R. M. Miyoshi Company, 700 W. Main, Santa Maria : 1932.
R. M. Miyoshi Company, ...
1932
 
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R. M. Miyoshi Company, 700 W. Main, Santa Maria : 1932.
Date
1932
Description
View of the interior of the R. M. Miyoshi Company store with workers and customers standing around. There are glass display cases on left, table filled with merchandise at center area, wood counter on right, and shelving against the walls.
Stripe bass fishing in front of Harold Shimizu home, Guadalupe : 1935. Harold Himizu, Charlie Maenaga and Yataka Makanolf.
Stripe bass fishing in ...
1935
 
Title
Stripe bass fishing in front of Harold Shimizu home, Guadalupe : 1935. Harold Himizu, Charlie Maenaga and Yataka Makanolf.
Date
1935
Description
Harold Himizu, Charlie Maenaga and Yataka Makanolf stand in a Guadalupe yard with several stripe bass strung up in front of the men.
Sumio Tsuyuki, Japanese employee of the Burpee Seed Company, Lompoc : 1933.
Sumio Tsuyuki, Japanese...
1933
 
Title
Sumio Tsuyuki, Japanese employee of the Burpee Seed Company, Lompoc : 1933.
Date
1933
Description
Sumio Tsuyuki stands on a doorstep.
Taniguchi Family picture, Santa Maria : 1941. Mitsuo, Somio, Michiko and Mr. and Mrs. George (Ichitaro).
Taniguchi Family pictur...
1941
 
Title
Taniguchi Family picture, Santa Maria : 1941. Mitsuo, Somio, Michiko and Mr. and Mrs. George (Ichitaro).
Date
1941
Description
Mr. and Mrs. George (Ichitaro) Taniguchi sit on front of three standing children: Mitsuo, Somio, and Michiko.
The Scholarship Society, Lompoc High School : 1938 ; the Society was an example of the hardworking and academically conscientious Japanese students ; president: LeRoy Bowersox ; secretary-treasurer: Margaret Martin ; seniors: LeRoy Bowersox, Hanako Shirokawa, June Tokuyuma, Thelma Donelson, Margaret Martin, Mary Henderson, and Wilma Lewis ; juniors: Yaeko Iwamoto, Kimiko Sokanashi, and Miyoko Iwamoto ; sophomores: Shirley Martin, Megumi Hotta, Evelyn Houck, and Takeo Iwamoto.
The Scholarship Society...
1938
 
Title
The Scholarship Society, Lompoc High School : 1938 ; the Society was an example of the hardworking and academically conscientious Japanese students ; president: LeRoy Bowersox ; secretary-treasurer: Margaret Martin ; seniors: LeRoy Bowersox, Hanako Shirokawa, June Tokuyuma, Thelma Donelson, Margaret Martin, Mary Henderson, and Wilma Lewis ; juniors: Yaeko Iwamoto, Kimiko Sokanashi, and Miyoko Iwamoto ; sophomores: Shirley Martin, Megumi Hotta, Evelyn Houck, and Takeo Iwamoto.
Date
1938
Description
Lompoc High School Scholarship Society students stand in two rows on steps in front of building
The summer crew at the W. Atlee Burpee See Company Floradale Farms, Lompoc : about 1935. Members of Japanese families included are: Mary Tashiro, Mr. and Mrs. Sakanashi, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hirashi, Mas Honda, Sumino Tsuyuki.
The summer crew at the ...
1935
 
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The summer crew at the W. Atlee Burpee See Company Floradale Farms, Lompoc : about 1935. Members of Japanese families included are: Mary Tashiro, Mr. and Mrs. Sakanashi, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hirashi, Mas Honda, Sumino Tsuyuki.
Date
1935
Description
Group portrait of the W. Atlee Burpee See Company's summer crew at Floradale Farms, Lompoc.
Toshi C. Inouye, Lompoc High School, Class of 1936. Toshi was active in music and performing arts through high school. When she married, her husband, Hinode, took her name. As with all other Japanese [Americans], they too had to evacuate the coast in 1942. But Toshi and her husband came back to rear two children in Lompoc, a boy and a girl. Toshi lived there until her death in December 1993.
Toshi C. Inouye, Lompoc...
circa 1936
 
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Toshi C. Inouye, Lompoc High School, Class of 1936. Toshi was active in music and performing arts through high school. When she married, her husband, Hinode, took her name. As with all other Japanese [Americans], they too had to evacuate the coast in 1942. But Toshi and her husband came back to rear two children in Lompoc, a boy and a girl. Toshi lived there until her death in December 1993.
Date
circa 1936
Description
Close up photograph of Toshi C. Inouye.
Wedding of Linda Furokawa and Jack Matsuoka : Guadalupe Buddhist Church : December 25, 1940.
Wedding of Linda Furoka...
1940 December 25
 
Title
Wedding of Linda Furokawa and Jack Matsuoka : Guadalupe Buddhist Church : December 25, 1940.
Date
1940 December 25
Description
Wedding of Linda Furokawa and Jack Matsuoka, large group portrait at Guadalupe Buddhist Church. Celebrated by Rev. Martsura. Families present: Furukawa, Tomorka, Oisho, Makino, Minami, Murakami, Ikeda, Matsuoka and Inouye.
Wong Family. Guadalupe : 1930. Top L-R: You Ung (Bud), Sam. Bottom: Mildred, George, Mother Hoberbinn. Visiting married sister in Santa Barbara.
Wong Family. Guadalupe ...
1930
 
Title
Wong Family. Guadalupe : 1930. Top L-R: You Ung (Bud), Sam. Bottom: Mildred, George, Mother Hoberbinn. Visiting married sister in Santa Barbara.
Date
1930
Description
Five young Wong Family members stand outside with Mother Hoberbinn sitting at the center.
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