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Guadalupe Grammar School
Two photographs from the Guadalupe Grammar School. Many of the Japanese American students are from Oceano and San Luis Obispo County and lived at the Children's Home in Guadalupe, California. Paul Kurokawa (born 1915) is pictured in the top…
Native Son: Paul Kurokawa's Pride in Community Runs Very Deep
According to Dawn Kamiya, her father was the only Asian on the basketball team as well. This is a copy of an article by Dan Krieger and friend of Paul Kurokawa.
SLO Cubs Team
The SLO (San Luis Obispo) Cubs were the San Luis Obispo Buddhist Church baseball team.
Mabel and Tad Yamada with George Aratani and Friend
Mabel and Tad Yamada, at their wedding, are at the center of the photograph. To the right of Tad is George Aratani (son of Setsuo Aratani). Tad's parents had a grocery store in Guadalupe, California. George founded Mikasa china company with Yamada as…
Paul Kurokawa's Liquor Store
Paul Kurokawa's liquor store, built 1960. According to Paul's daughter, Dawn Kamiya, there was not much building going on in the area at the time he built the store: "Nothing ever got built there" until her father built the stores. In describing the…
Kurokawa Store and Home
According to Dawn Kamiya, this building was built in 1950. There's a fish market. Next door to it is the liquor store, with the oldest liquor license in county. It was a white building. Upstairs were apartments. The Kurokawas lived behind the fish…
United States War Relocation Authority ID Card for Florence Ai (Iwami) Kamiya
Florence Kamiya was sent to Gila River Relocation Center, Camp 2. According to Dawn Kamiya (Florence's daughter-in-law), this "greencard" allowed Florence passage in and out of the concentration camps.
Fourth of July Float
Paul Kurokawa and unknown person on the Fourth of July Float on Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California. Paul was 4 years old at the time.
San Luis Obispo High School Football Team
Paul Kurokawa is 3rd from the right in top row. This photograph originally belonged to Paul Kurokawa. He was the only Asian on the San Luis Obispo football team.
Paul Kurokawa, Eagle Scout, with Scout Leader, Mr. Wilcox
Paul Kurokawa formed the Japanese American Boy Scouts troop, based at the San Luis Obispo Buddhist Church. Paul brought scouts down to Santa Maria for a jamboree. They went via narrow gauge railroad.
San Luis Obispo, California 93407