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.
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...
Established in 1913, the Union Presbyterian was an important center for Japanese Americans in Pasadena. Reverend Donald Toriumi served between 1948 and 1977. The Church - and much of the Japanese American community - was demolished with the...
William Carr, founding member of the Friends of the American Way, was diligent in trying to gain Japanese Americans civil rights. As a realtor, he helped break the color line in the San Rafael hills by helping the Takayamas purchase a home on...
