For Japanese Americans, family outings were rare due to the fact that farm labor consumed most of their time. However, when the opportunity did arise, they were very much cherished, and the families often dressed in their best outfits.

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Watanabe/Furuyama Family Picnic 1939

Photograph contributed by Bill Watanabe. Names of people: Unknown
Date: 1939
Place: Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Photograph by: Unknown
Photo size: Unknown
Description: A picnic at one of California's sunny beaches, with the Watanabe and Furuyama families, after a long week harvesting flowers in the San Fernando Valley, California in 1939.
© California State University, Northridge 2008
For more information about this project, please contact:
Edith Chen, Professor Asian American Studies Dept.
18111 Nordhoff St., JR 340
Northridge, CA 91330-8251
edith.chen@csun.edu
818-677-4966
Nancy Takayama
San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center
nt.high.mtn@juno.com