Mizuye Hirose packing vegetables

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Collection40 Families CollectionDateca 1936DescriptionImage shows view of wooden vegetable crates stacked on top of an elevated wooden stand with a young women partially visible behind the crates. A girl wearing a dress is visible at left and an older women wearing a hat is visible at right. The wooden crates are stamped with "San Pedro Vegetables Marketing Co. Los Angeles." Identified from left to right: Ruriko Hirose, Mizuye Hirose and Tomiko Hirose.NotesLibrary has digital image only, courtesy of Mutsuo Hirose.Mizuye Hirose was born to Sadahei Hirose and Tomiko Hirose (nee Hamaya). Born in San Pedro, she was the oldest daughter of six children. Mizuye graduated from Malaga Cove School in 1939. During WWII, Mizuye was taken to the Santa Anita Assembly Center with her family and later sent to the Granada War Relocation Project. The family was shipped to Ellis Island for embarkation. From Ellis Island the Hirose family was shipped to the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arizona. In September 1943, they were sent to Tule Lake, CA where they remained until the end of the war. Mizuye returned to Los Angeles and married Kiyoshi Kawaguchi in 1954. She died in 2008.LanguageengResource Typesound recording-nonmusicalHeld ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History CenterBar Code00044057Restrictions on AccessElectronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District as part of the 40 Families Project. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.

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SubjectJapanese American womenVegetables--CaliforniaHirose, Mizuye (1925-2008)Hirose, Ruriko (1926-2001)Hirose, Tomiko (1898-1980)Time Period1931-1940

PersonSadahei HiroseTomiko Hamaya

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