Mary Kubota

Image shows three-quarter view of Mary Kubota, selected the Nisei Week Queen in 1937.  Mary is wearing a kimono and holding a flower bouquet.  Nisei Week is an annual Japanese festival celebrating Japanese culture and the community.  Embossed in reverse at left of image is "Eastman Nitrate.", Library has digital image only, courtesy of Mutsuo Hirose., Kaname Kubota was born to Yojiro and Neriye Kubota on June 23, 1914 in Vacaville, Solano County, California.  Kaname began school in Marysville and then began to use the name "Mary".  After relocating with her family to Palos Verdes ca 1920, Mary and her siblings went to Dana Jr. High School and San Pedro High School in San Pedro.  When the war broke out, she was sent to the Gila Relocation Center in Arizona. She married first John Furuya with whom she had two children, Janet and John.  In 1953, she married James Jarrett.  She passed away in 1992 in Los Angeles.
Abstract/Description: Image shows three-quarter view of Mary Kubota, selected the Nisei Week Queen in 1937. Mary is wearing a kimono and holding a flower bouquet. Nisei Week is an annual Japanese festival celebrating Japanese culture and the community. Embossed in reverse at left of image is "Eastman Nitrate."
Subject(s): Portraits
Kubota, Mary Kaname (1914- 1992)
1931-1940