![]() ![]() Julie Otsuka was born in Palo Alto, descended from Japanese immigrants whose dreams were shattered during the opening months of World War II: Her grandfather was arrested as a suspected Japanese spy the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and her mother, uncle and grandmother spent three years in an internment camp in Topaz, Utah. Courtesy/CA State Parks Collection Show More Show Less 2 of5 Show More Show Less Some 70,000 Japanese were detained there. Japanese women arrive at Angel Island early last century. ![]() Note regarding retouching: The photos were provided retouched and it is not believed that it was done by either the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation or the California State Parks Collection.ĭon Nakahata, a UCSF professor, holds a ledger chronicling the arranged marriages of &quo picture brides&quo performed by his grandfather in the early 1900s. About 60,000 people from Japan, including about 20,000 "picture brides," passed through the station between 1910 when the station opened and 1924 when Asian immigration was banned.Ĭredit: California State Parks Collection ![]() Japanese immigrants arrive at Angel Island Immigration Station. ![]()
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