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Photo is probably of (l to r) Kurazo Ideta (father), Jisaburo Shimasaki (maternal grandfather) with baby Tom Shimasaki, and mother Hatsu Shimasaki, in 1915. Jisaburo Shimasaki came from Japan because of the birth of the first child. Photo was taken…

Hatsu Shimasaki at the Shimasaki home in Strathmore sometine before World War II.

Joe and Walter Shimasaki pose with the family's new 1936 Chevrolet at the Shimasaki home near Strathmore.

Photo of children at Vanhart home in Strathmore, California. Pictured are: (top row) Robert Vanhart, Bentley Ballard, Iva Mae Shepard (niece), George McIntyre (nephew of Mrs. Vanhart). Second row: Lynn Vanhart, Sam Shimaki, Walter Shimasaki, and…

Shimasaki family in new 1930 Chevrolet. Pictured are: Tom, Hatsu, Sam, Ira, Fred Shimasaki, Kurazo Ideta, and Atsuko Shimasaki. Photo taken in Strathmore.

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.

Haruyo and Shigea Uota, parents of Hiroshi Uota, on their 50th Wedding Anniversary in Ivanhoe, California.

Hiroshi Uota and his father, Shigeo, in Three Rivers, California.

Grandmother of Hiroshi Uota, last name of Terao, visited the Uota family before World War II. She is pictured with her half sister.

Hiroshi Uota family gathering. Among those pictured are: Uwe Uota (third from left), sisters of Ben, (fifth and seventh), mother Haruyo (possibly sixth), and Hiroshi peeking out, number eight.