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Setsuo Aratani Collection (2004.67)

Setsuo Aratani Collection (2004.67) [29 of 32] (Operations at the Guadalupe Produce Co. (Aratani-S_29))


Published: June 11, 2008 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025

Black & white silent amateur footage of family and business activities of Setsuo Aratani (1885-1940), filmed 1926-1940.

This segment (01:43; emulsion damaged) shows operations at one of Aratani's businesses, the Guadalupe Produce Co. in Guadalupe, California; company buildings and employees' cars; the adjacent packing house of H.Y. Minami & Sons; railroad cars lined up outside the packing house; interiors of the packing house [dark]; men packing produce; crates moving along conveyors; ice blocks used to chill the produce; a man rolling crates of produce on a dolly; and a man using a machine to assemble produce crates [dark].

Credit: Setsuo Aratani Collection, Gift of George Aratani, Japanese American National Museum (2004.67). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.


1930s agriculture business California Guadalupe laborers

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Setsuo Aratani Collection (2004.67)
Black & white silent amateur footage of family and business activities of Setsuo Aratani (1885-1940), filmed 1926-1940. DVD 3: Includes footage of a picnic at the beach, people playing guitars, dancing and singing, the Guadalupe Produce Co…
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