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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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0020 0020

Japanese business district on Dobbins St. Mismis Beauty Shoppe to left. West side of street between Kendall and Monte Vista. Torn down in 1944 for Federal Housing project
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1893 1893

Japanese baseball team (Nisei Suisun)
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1886 1886
1981

Japanese reunion Nisei Club
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1885 1885
1981

Japanese reunion Nisei Club
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5305 5305

Japanese men on steps of Vacaville Buddhist Temple, see name in file
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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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4803 4803

Vacaville Buddhist Church, Men's Organization. (See Japanese File for names.)
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Ranch Towns In Two Areas / Wichels, Ernest [854] [WICHELS-1964-854]
Most people think of Vallejo strictly a shipyard city. Many find it difficult to believe that once it qualified as a "ranch town." Ranchowners, the hundreds of employes in dairy operations, cattle and sheep raising, and grain and hay harvests, formed a vital segment of Vallejo's economy in early days.
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Japanese elders in front of Buddhist Temple, see names in file
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