Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006104 (silent)

Description: Scenes of strawberry and pansy flower harvests on the Koura family farm in Ridgefield, Washington, showing special attention to and affection for the laborers. Also includes images of Japanese American community gatherings in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington.

can notes: "Middaugh 'Japan' 2"

note found in can: "Sue's Engagement Party / Ridgefield S.B. Harvest / Pansy Harvest / Kosho Atani Visit / 1942-44?"

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Subjects: 1940s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Agriculture, Labor, Youth, Religion, Families

Tags: street scenes; downtown streets; "Nikko" sign on store front in English and Japanese; "sukiyaki noodles" neon sign; burned frames; "Portland Japanese Chamber of Commerce"; Japanese American Boy Scouts; flower floats; parade floats; roller coaster ride; strawberry harvesting; hiding from camera; farms; farm labor; agricultural labor; roses; flowers blooming; picking flowers from home garden; dahlias; walking toward camera; filling wooden crates with strawberries; workers carrying flats of strawberries; piles of wooden crates; workers in field; women workers; teenage workers; teenagers; women's labor; man standing on bed of truck with manny pallets; workwear; sun hats; flower harvesting; flower farms; waving at camera; pansies; fancy dress; people seated at dinner table filled with food; people gathered outside of church; people posing for group portrait; posing for camera in yard; people posing in front of Collins Field House; people wearing name tags; shaking hands; Buddhist priests; camellia flowers; Pacific Northwest; PNW; Japanese American people; Asian American people

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Creator: Koura Family

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Contributor: Center for Asian American Media

Source Collection: Koura Collection PC-0762, Center for Asian American Media Collection, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1941-1942

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Geographical Location: USA; Washington; Ridgefield, Washington; Bainbridge Island, Washington; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Oregon

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

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Edge Code: square plus, circle plus

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 242