Tomiko Hirose and son Atsushi

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Collection40 Families CollectionDate1925-00-00DescriptionImages shows view of a woman and a child standing in front of a wooden structure and wood picket fencing. The woman is wearing a short sleeve dress and the child wearing a cap. A puppy is visible on a wooden porch behind the pair. Identified from left to right: Tomiko Hirose and Atsushi Hirose.NotesLibrary has digital image only, courtesy of Mutsuo Hirose.Tomiko (nee Hamaya) of Esa-mura, Hokkaido, was born April 15, 1898. She immigrated in 1922 aboard the Shinyo Maru into San Francisco accompanied by Sadahei Hirose, her husband. Sadahei and Tomiko had six children all of whom were born in San Pedro. Sadahei Hirosei was a truck farmer in the Portuguese Bend area in 1920. By 1930 he was farming Ranch 28 on a lease from Frank Vanderlip and continued to farm at the same location until 1942. Initially incarcerated at the Granada War Relocation Camp, the family also spent time at the Rohwer Relocation Camp in Arkansas and Tule Lake in California. Tomiko became a naturalized citizen in 1954 and died Feb. 9, 1980 in Los Angeles County. Atsushi, the oldest child in Hirose family, renounced his U. S. citizenship while at Tule Lake. He reclaimed his citizenship a few years later. Atsushi lived in Monterey Park and Long Beach, CA in the years prior to his death on Nov. 30, 2006.Resource Typestill imageHeld ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History CenterBar Code00044107Restrictions 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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Geographic LocationPalos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.)SubjectPortraits, GroupHirose, Tomiko (1898-1980)Hirose, Atsushi (1923-2006)Japanese AmericansPuppiesTime Period1921-1930

PersonSadahei HiroseTomiko Hamaya

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