From Shorpy Dec. 7, 2012, "Cafe Ginza: 1941" Taken in San Francisco the Monday morning after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The picture had framed pictures on the side of the building with Japanese writing. One looks like a samurai with a woman. A sign next to the cafe is for Dr. Kahn Uyeyama" Phusician and Surgeon" with Japanese letters underneath it. There is a big Coca-Cola sign also in the photo.
Comment: "Empires may crumble and Reichs turn to dust but the Coca-Cola Company endures."
Comment: Many of the doctor's neighbors ended up in internment camps. The 1940 census has Yaneo (age 39) and Shizuku (40), identified as proprietor and manager of the restaurant. The names and ages match those of internees at Manzamar and Heart Mountain Relocation Centers.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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