Joe and Henry Kato on the Kato Farm
Pleasant Valley, Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Joe Kato and brother Henry (in background) on Farmall tractors in a cabbage or broccoli field on the Kato family farm Southeast 190th Avenue and Richey Road. Kelly Creek, the Bliss family property, and the Bliss Butte (formerly known as Sleret Butte) are behind them.
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- Description
- Joe Kato and brother Henry (in background) on Farmall tractors in a cabbage or broccoli field on the Kato family farm Southeast 190th Avenue and Richey Road. Kelly Creek, the Bliss family property, and the Bliss Butte (formerly known as Sleret Butte) are behind them.
- Provenance
- Found in collections. The Katos were interned during World War II, and the Bliss family took care of their farm during that period. This photo was taken shortly after they came home, in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Henry Kato would go on to become a prominent Gresham citizen, playing an instrumental role in the establishment of the Gresham-Ebetsu (Japan) sister city program, working with the Gresham Historical Society on local Japanese American history, and serving on the citizens advisory board for Mount Hood Community College during its founding, among many other civic activities. The forested butte in the background now belongs to Metro, and is commonly known as Bliss Butte. However, a turn-of-the-century biking map identifies it as Sleret Butte.
- Subject
- Kato, Joe
- Kato, Henry
- Farm life
- Farmers
- Farming
- Farms
- Vegetables
- Cabbage
- Broccoli
- Location
- Pleasant Valley, Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs0857
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Print, Photographic
- Type
- StillImage
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
