Kiichi and Itsu Shiosaki digital photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1510

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Kiichi and Itsu Shiosaki digital photograph collection consists of 1 digital-only photograph. The original was loaned to the Marriott Library for inclusion in a Japanese American Railroad Workers and Miners exhibit.

The original images were loaned to the library and were scanned and then returned to the donor. The image files can be requested, but the library no longer has the original images.

Dates

1940 July

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical / Historical

Kiichi and Itsu Hama Shiosaki were Japanese American immigrants in the early 20th century. Kiichi Shiosaki worked for the railroad, which brought the family to live in various places in Idaho: Rockford, Lamont, Tabor. In 1927, the Shiosaki family moved to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation (between Pocatello and Blackfoot) while Kiichi worked for the Union Pacific Railroad from Fort Hall to Tabor (small rural community west of Blackfoot). In 1933, the family moved to Blackfoot, Idaho, where they settled and raised their four children.

Extent

60 Megabytes (1 digital-only item)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Kiichi and Itsu Hama Shiosaki were Japanese American immigrants in the early 20th century. This collection consists of 1 digital-only portrait of the family taken in 1940.