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Japanese Railroad Workers

A crew of Japanese contract railroad workers sitting on the railroad and on the top of a felled tree pose for a photo.

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Between 1890 and 1907, about 132,000 young Japanese men came to the continental United States. Many, like Masuo Yasui’s father and brothers, and the men pictured here, built the railroads that crossed western and Rocky Mountain states.

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45.02.01a

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Kinsey, Clark

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Japanese Railroad Workers

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ca. 1893-1945

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Photograph

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Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States

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https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/clarkkinsey/id/678/rec/1

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Creator

Kinsey, Clark

Publisher

University of Washington

Date

ca. 1893-1945

Location

Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States

Module

Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 2

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

URL

https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/clarkkinsey/id/678/rec/1

Source

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection, PH Coll 516

Credit Line

Courtesy of University of Washington Libraries, Clark Kinsey Photographs

Licensor

University of Washington

MUMI Number

45.02.IMG.033

Creator

Kinsey, Clark

Publisher

University of Washington

Date

ca. 1893-1945

Location

Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States

Module

Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 2

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

URL

https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/clarkkinsey/id/678/rec/1

Source

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection, PH Coll 516

Credit Line

Courtesy of University of Washington Libraries, Clark Kinsey Photographs

Licensor

University of Washington

MUMI Number

45.02.IMG.033

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