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San Francisco's Japantown

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Contributors: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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Isleton's Japantown

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The Chinese community had settled in Isleton during the 1870s to help work on the levee project that converted the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta…

Contributors: Isleton Brannan-Andrus Historical Museum

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San Jose's Japantown

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San Jose's Japantown emerged alongside the Chinatown that had been in the area called Heinlenville since 1887 after the original Chinatown had burnt…

Contributors: Japanese American Museum of San Jose
Japantown Business Association
Curt Fukuda
History San Jose

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Sacramento's Japantown

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Sacramento's Japantown was one of the largest in California until it was demolished to make way for the Capital Mall vista in the late 1950s.…

Contributors: California State Library History Section
California State University Sacramento Special Collections and Archive

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