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Telling Our Stories: Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley, 1910's - 1970's

Life on the Farm (Tsuneishi First Home, circa 1917)


Published: April 16, 2008 Modified: April 11, 2025

"The one (house) in North Hollywood was a four-room shack. It had a sink, no built in’s, a refrigerator, or maybe an ice box, and then when we made a little money, we bought a cold spot Sears refrigerator, and then of course our toilet facilities were out housed, about a hundred yards from the house."

~Bo Sakaguchi

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Tsuneishi First Home, circa 1917

Image Contributed by: Tsuneishi

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Date: circa 1917

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© 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

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Telling Our Stories: Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley, 1910's - 1970's
“Telling Our Stories: Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley, 1910’s - 1970’s” unveils the forgotten past of Japanese Americans living in the San Fernando Valley. The history of the Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley is n…
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