Record Detail

People of Sacramento Archive

Caption: Japanese truck farmers harvesting the strawberry crop.

Date: 1960s

Historical Context: Shown here are Japanese truck farmers harvesting the strawberry crop. Particularly in the south Sacramento area, truck farms were the main activity of Japanese agriculturists. First migrating to California in the 1880s, Japanese began to purchase and work their own land in the Sacramento area about 1900. They prospered until early 1942, when the relocation deprived Japanese of their rights and property until after World War II.

Ethnic Group: Japanese

Place: Sacramento

Events: Strawberry harvest

Names/Biographical Data: Unidentified.

Key Words: river, sources

Image Number: To see a larger version of this picture, see image number 1244 and select the full-size image.

Objects/Items of Note: n.a.

Image Credit: SMHD, Sacramento BEE Photograph Collection.