Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru — Hyde Park, Massachusetts. 1944
The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.
Larger image here.

Sheila (age 6), Setsujiro Uno, Chick Masaru Uno and Naomi (age 2-1/2) are shown picking string beans in the victory garden in the back yard of their home at 21 Beacon Street, Hyde Park, Massachusetts. The Unos lived at Tule Lake and Minidoka and came to Boston in November, 1943 as a result of a job offer from the American Baptist Home Mission to lead the boys’ club work in the West End Settlement House. With them came Mrs. Shizuyo Sese, Mrs. Uno’s mother, and Mr. Setsujiro Uno, Chick’s father. In looking for a place to live, they had no trouble because of nationality but did experience it because of the small children since landlords didn’t want to rent them an apartment.

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