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| Title | Photo of Shimojima brothers, Kent-Auburn, 1939 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | 1939 |
| Notes | Photo of two Japanese-American men, next to their tractor, in a field with forested hillside behind them. Joe Shimojima is at the wheel, and Connie Shimojima is standing to the right. The raised name on front of tractor is Cletrac. People of Japanese descent comprised 30% of the population in the Kent-Auburn area in the first half of the 20th century. |
| Subjects | Shimojima, Joe; Shimojima, Connie |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: amorein@ci.auburn.wa.us. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Credit Line | White River Valley Museum Photograph Collection |
| Repository | White River Valley Museum (Auburn) |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
