DescriptionThe Seabrook Community House was originally a USO center during World War II. After interned Japanese Americans relocated to Seabrook, the Community House was used as a central site for parties,...
DescriptionWat Okamoto is loading cases of frozen foods onto a conveyor belt. The cases are for a shipping order. At the bottom of the belt, the cases were stacked onto pallets, and then delivered to a...
DescriptionPictured is Kazuo 'Kaz' Kobayashi, a Seabrook Farms employee in the Quality Control Department. Kaz worked behind the front platform. He further inspected produce after it passed initial sample...
DescriptionVernon Ichisaka was the head of the Soils Lab at Seabrook Farms during the 1950s. He tested soil to ensure it would compatable with seeds, other soils, and produce. The Soils Lab was housed within...
DescriptionMansuke Yamamoto is cooking rice for dinner. In Salinas, he used to own a Chinese restaurant, and displayed his culinary talents for his bosses.
DescriptionJosie Ikeda, a Seabrook Farms office secretary, is pictured while reading the newspaper funnies. Josie also manned the radio station that communicated with plant facilities, private farmers in the...
DescriptionJohn Fuyuume, the man pictured in the straw hat, is inspecting samples of peas as they are gathered from the fields. This process was part of the raw material grading and quality assurance of produce...
DescriptionRichard Nishimura is supervising the scale located at the front platform. This was the area at Seabrook Farms where newly harvested crops were first delivered for inspection and cleaning, before...
DescriptionDoor 14 was the door to the sub-zero cold storage at Seabrook Farms. Finished products were kept there until it was time to sell them. Because the temperature was dangerous, the cord to open the...