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Photo 1: Wake family poses in front of their house on their farm near Reedley. Pictured in top row are (left to right) Bill, Hisayo (mother) and Edna. Yempei is in middle row. Alice, Florence, Lloyd and May are in the bottom row. Photo 2 shows…

Wedding of Kathy Mori and Don Koga at the Fresno Buddhist Church, April 6, 1974. Kathy is the sister of Jack Mori. Pictured in the wedding party are (left to right):Dave Koga, Marian Mori Davis, Lisa Furujama (girl), Jack Mori, Kathy and Don Koga,…

Wedding photo of Kurazo Ideta and Hatsu Shimasaki, taken in 1914.

Ling and Mary Joe pose for their wedding photo in 1888. The photo was taken in Tulare, Califoria, where Ling Joe first settled in 1886. He opened a small restaurant in the 100 block of East Tulare Avenue. Chan Sing Toy was a picture bride who became…

Shigeichi and Taka Mitsuyoshi pose for their wedding photo in Wakayama, Japan, 1908. They are the parents of Ben Mitsuyoshi.

Sawano and Shinishi Yamashita posed for their wedding photo in Hiroshima, Japan. They were married in July 1921.

Wedding photograph of Haruyo and Shigeo Uota who were married in Hiroshima, Japan, February 9, 1930. The civil ceremony was later in San Francisco. Haruyo was a picture bride who came to the U.S. in 1931. The marriage was arranged by the family.

William Nagata standing beside his Harley Davidson motorcycle in 1956.

William Nagata is pulling a harrow behind his Samson tractor in 1923.

Japanese women and girls are dressed in traditional costume for a rodeo parade in Visalia.