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Solano History 58 records found  1 - 10nextend  jump to record: Search took 0.02 seconds. 
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Vacaville Buddhist Church, Men's Organization. (See Japanese File for names.)
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Japanese men on steps of Vacaville Buddhist Temple, see name in file
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Japanese elders in front of Buddhist Temple, see names in file
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Front of Buddhist Temple - See card for names
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4082 4082

Japanese Association of Vacaville - POB 538, Phone 4, Vacaville, CA - Envelope filed in large file under Japanese
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Hard-working Japanese find Vaca a magnet / Delaplane, Kristin [232] [ECHOS-1995-232]
Information for this story comes from the Vacaville Museum and Vacaville Heritage Council First of two parts In 1885 the Japanese government officially allowed emigration. In 1887 the first Japanese arrived in Vacaville, willing to work for very low wages. By 1896 there were 30 Japanese in Vacaville. Arichika Ikeda was born in 1864 in Niigata, Japan and was educated in medicine and agriculture [...]
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Vacaville Buddhist Temple
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Episcopal Church Sunday School. For names see file marked "Church - Episcopal"
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Vacaville Y. M. B. A [...]

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Japanese torn from area in WWII / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [90] [WAYITWAS-2001-90]
In the early 20th century, Japan born Issei (immigrants born in Japan) and American born Nisei (the children of the Issei born in the United States) played a major role in Vacaville's economy. They leased and operated a majority of the fruit ranches, formed a small economic district nicknamed Japantown along Dobbins Street, bought houses, sent their children to local schools, ran a Buddhist Church and a Methodist Church, operated a sumo wrestling team, baseball and basketball teams, and in general seemed to be fully integrated as American citizens.
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