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771
Date Created1950
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,...
772
Date Created1950-1959
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...
773
Date Created1950-1959
DescriptionFrank Hemenway of Seabrook Farms is lounging under an umbrella, waiting to check out trucks to be weighed in at the scale house.
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
774
Date Created1953
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...
775
Date Created1950-1959
DescriptionThe JACL lobbied Congress to pass Evacuation Claims Bill HR 3999, in order for former internees to recover property stolen from them after their incarceration. In 1951, Congress granted a settlement...
776
Date Created1950-1950
DescriptionThe Climatology Department studied weather patterns to determine how best to store fresh crops after harvest. For example, picked peas that were left on the front platform for too long would quickly...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
777
Date Created1950-1959
DescriptionPictured is a plant truck parked at the scale house at Seabrook Farms. John Fuyuume explains: 'The trucks would drive onto the platform scale to be weighed fully loaded, and [then] after discharging...
778
Date Created1950-1959
DescriptionKazou 'Kaz' Kobayashi is pictured in the Quality Control Lab. He was experimenting with and testing different ways of preserving crops, such as peas, until they were ready to be sold. For example,...
779
Date Created1950-1959
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...
780
Date Created1950-1959
DescriptionAfter samples were taken of freshly harvested crops, produce was delivered by elevators, or ladle chains, to the third floor for processing. Here, crops were washed, blanched, and sorted.
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)