"My mother had a stillborn. Before my youngest daughter was born and what cause that the doctor said was that she was out one day trying to scare the birds away from the crops, you know? Lettuce crops or something. She took a shotgun and fired to scare them, boom. That shock, that recoil, knocked her down, sat her on her back, you know, real bad. And that shock hurt the baby inside. It was stillborn."

~Frank Emi

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First Born 1934

Photo contributed by: Bill Watanabe
Names of people: Rokuro, Katsuye, and Kinichi Watanabe
Date: 1934
Place: Shadow Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Photograph by: Unknown
Photo size: Unknown
Description: A day out for couple Rokuro and Katsuye Watanabe and first born son Kinichi

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For more information about this project, please contact:
Edith Chen, Professor Asian American Studies Dept.
18111 Nordhoff St., JR 340
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San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center
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