The Tsuda Grocery - Auburn, CA
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saopaulo1
N 38° 53.740 W 121° 04.684
10S E 666674 N 4306954
A plaque in downtown Auburn.
Waymark Code: WMW4QE
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2017
Views: 2
"KATSUICHI AND TOMO TSUDA OF HIROSHIMA, JAPAN ESTABLISHED THE K.ISUDA, GENERAL MERCHANDISE IN 1918. THAT ORIGINAL STORE WAS SACRAMENTO STREET, ABOUT ONE BLOCK EAST OF THIS LOCATION. THE BUSINESS CONTINUED TO OPERATE AT THAT SITE UNTIL THE TSUDA FAMILY WAS TO MOVE TO WARTIME CAMPS IN 1942. it WORLD WAR II, THIS BUILDING WAS OWNED BY THE LOCAL JAPANESE-AN COMMUNITY, DURING WHICH TIME IT SERVED AS A JAPANESE SCHOOL AND A BUDDHIST CHURCH. AFTER THE WAR, FRANK TSUDA PURCHASED THE BUILDING AND OPENED TSUDA GROCERY IN 1951.THE TSUDA FAMILY HAS EVER SINCE OWNED AND OPERATED THE BUSINESS. "
Group that erected the marker: Native Sons of the Golden West
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Sacramento and Lincoln
Auburn, CA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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