22. Asian Americans and the Modern Pacific Northwest

Japanese Immigrants

This family of Japanese migrants was captured at the U.S. Customs and Immigration center by photographer Elmer Ogawa shortly after World War II. Between 1945 and 1967, Ogawa was the northwest correspondent and photographer for the Los Angeles-based Pacific Citizen, the newspaper for the Japanese-American Citizen's League. (Elmer Ogawa Papers and Photographs, 1923-1971. Box 13 [10 of 14]. Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries.)

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