Families / Women / Farmers / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Dogs / Evacuations Source :NARA-NWDNS NaraID :210-G-A540 Photographer :Lange, Dorothea Personal Name :Shibuya Topical Name :N/A Geographical Name :N/A Institution Name :War Relocation Authority Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. Date :04/18/1942 State :CA Country :USA

Mountain View, California. The Shibuya family on the lawn in front of their beautiful home before evacuation to War Relocation Authority centers where residents of Japanese ancestry are to be relocated. Mr. and Mrs. Shibuya came to this country in 1904 with only $60 and a basket of clothes. Later they established a prosperous business of raising select varieties of chrysanthemums for eastern markets. Four of their six American- born children attended leading California Universities.

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