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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ME5_issei-womens-legacy_San-Francisco-CA.html
Life in America was full of unknowns for an Issei (Japanese immigrant) departing Japan in the early l900s. She may have come to America as a laborer or accompanying her husband. More likely, she came as a picture bride through an arranged marriage…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MDJ_a-new-ballgame_San-Francisco-CA.html
Americanization was difficult for the Issei. Prejudice, language barriers and discrimination often stymied their efforts, yet they persisted, often venturing into Western society with great zeal. With the Nisei generation, however, the Japanese co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LV7_uoki-sakai_San-Francisco-CA.html
Kitaichi Sakai arrived in San Francisco in the 1890s. He worked as a cook and sold fish door-to-door from a horse and buggy. After the 1906 Earthquake he opened a combined grocery, fish market and ship's chandlery on Geary Street. The store's name…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DJA_1545-divisadero_San-Francisco-CA.html
In 1919, N.Gray & Company commissioned engineer James H. Hjul to construct a two-story, wood-frame building on the southwest corner of Post and Divisadero Streets. A rare example of Georgian Revival architecture in San Francisco, the building at 1…
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