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TITLE Shipping crate from Jerome DESCRIPTION Shipping crate from Jerome Written on crate: "Reg. No. B-1293 / Family No. 22076 / To Kuzo Tsukamoto / c/o Al Tsukamoto / Florin Fruit Growers' Ass. / Florin, CA" "Kuzo Tsukamoto's shipping crate. Box made in Arkansas (Jerome, Denson, Arkansas) in 1944. The crate was made from Arkansas White Oak, a heavy hard wood. It appears that it was built in the WRA woodwork shop. When Jerome [became the] first WRA Center to close, evacuees were sent to Rowher, Gila and then to the other centers." Mary Tsukamoto Wood. 32 3/4" W x 16 7/8" D x 19" H CREDIT Courtesy of Mary Tsukamoto DATE 1944 |
