Note written across the bottom of the photograph reads "Comedy of Errors 1936". Note on the back of the photograph reads: "Comedy of Errors April 1937 Shakespeare's Birthday Scenic Artist Bill Payne Director E. E. Keppie". "Archives Pasadena City...
Happy Cho with her baby daughter, Shizuko. Shizuko dies of diptheria while young. Cho dies at about same time from tuberculosis as does brother, Mitsuo who ""turns yellow and dies.""
A precious daughter dies young of diptheria. Her mother and brother die at about the same time. As Shichitaro is working at Meiji Laundry, sons Hideo and Shigeo are practically raised by neighbors, James Kashima family. Kashima takes boys on...
Takayama beach trip. Center woman in hat and glasses and printed dress is Cho, ravaged by tuberculosis. She teaches her sons, Shig and Hideo, to cook and they both work as cooks while in college at UC Berkeley and USC.
Shichitaro is a member of Aichi Kenjinkai, a prefectural organization. The back of photo suggests this was a meeting to say farewell to Mr. Nakane who was returning to Japan.
Shigeo Takayama attended Lincoln Elementary School and Pasadena High School. He was the same age group as Jackie Robinson and walked to school together with him. He also played football at PJC with Jackie, sharing a room on away games. Shig...
Shigeo attended Lincoln Elementary and Pasadena High School. He graduated from Berkeley in civil engineering in 1938. In 1941, he joined the Cavalry in WW2 - in a Caucasian unit - that built and blew up bridges in Germany. As Shigeo was never...
Shig, his father Shichitaro and his brother Hideo, were all interested in photographs. In fact, Shig flew to Japan in 1959 to get a Nikon 35mm camera when it came out. (He may have also been interested in a bride.) The family photographic...
As both of his sons went straight into the military, Shichitaro was alone in Pasadena in 1941. Because of his leadership position, the FBI had interest in him and he fled to Reedley, California. He was found out, picked up by the FBI and...
