Record Detail

People of Sacramento Archive

Caption: Declaration of Intention to Become Naturalized Citizen form.

Date: 1949

Historical Context: Sacramento Superior Court Declaration of Intention to Become Naturalized Citizen, Volume 25, page 381, 1949. Not until after World War II were Japanese allowed to become naturalized citizens of the United States. This man, Hikotaro Inaba, was one of the first to do so. Note that he came to the United States in 1902.

Ethnic Group: Japanese

Place: Sacramento County

Events: n.a.

Names/Biographical Data: Hikotaro Inaba

Key Words: pressure, assimilation

Image Number: To see a larger version of this picture, see image number 998 and select the full-size image.

Objects/Items of Note: Official form, Sac. Co. Superior Court, Declaration of Intention to become Naturalized Citizen.

Image Credit: SMHD, California State Archives